SpaceX Starship FAA News, Russia Anti-Sat Weapon Test, Electron Booster Recovery

We finally have some FAA news regarding SpaceX Starship FAA News and Updates. Lots of updates to share around Starbase, NASA’s Artemis program and new detail shared on the plan for SpaceX’s human landing system mission. Sadly, some much more concerning news regarding Russia Anti-Sat Weapon Test making an intentional and... well... frankly extremely irresponsible mess in low Earth Orbit. And we have another terrific flight by RocketLab and their Electron Booster Recovery. This one has a few little surprises to share.

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[MarcusHouse]

The Astra launch happened just after the video was uploaded. They made it to orbit too. Congrats Astra!
Also, correction at 9:00 - It's 52 years not 49 when it launches in 2024.

[iandorge]

My Saturday has officially been started. I share your sentiments with anti-satellite testing and I agree it is irresponsible. I never cease to be impressed with how much information you pack into your videos. Additionally impressive, is how well your team organizes and delivers all this information in an easily understandable format.

[brandonmusic]

Anytime someone says “aerospike” engines, an Everyday Astronauts patreon gets its wings. :-)

[matthewakian]

I knew SpaceX would see the sense to build a propellant depot in space, so the deep-space starship can just go there and refill, rather than waiting for 16 tankers to come up.

[waterrocketlab]

Astra making it to orbit was my highlight of the week

[JakeSilvester]

Great weekly recap as always! Can’t wait for the mid-week special!

[paulkerman]

I just absolutely love that there's a sheep pasture right next to the Rocket Lab launch site. It reminds me of some of the best sci fi where high-tech stuff is mixed with primitive low-tech stuff.

[helloimjryeem]

very nice week again
hopefully every week is jam-packed with these

[FreyaofCerberus]

"Plan to refurbish several components from the recovered Orion Spacecraft" And that attitude right there is why SLS costs 4 billion dollars per launch. Reliable, relatively inexpensive reusable spacecraft aren't a pipedream or science fiction, to still be producing disposable vehicles verges on criminal. As much as i love NASA it's so frustrating to see them either unwilling or unable to adapt to new technologies.
Love your videos Marcus!

[tylerscott]

The Artemis mission profile makes it sound like they're just using Orion to justify what they've already invested in it. Seems like it would be vastly less risky and less complicated for the astronauts to ride the starship. What are we getting in return for the added complexity of launching another rocket, docking in lunar orbit, and transferring the crew?

[alexrose]

I remember I was looking for more info from spacex and stumbled upon this channel a couple years ago and being surprised how small your channel was. Crazy to think how quickly you've grown! Great content as always, detailed and thorough. Keep up the good work, we all enjoy it!

[robfive]

Another great video. . Never gets boring. . Thank you MH + Team for all the latest info

[APioneerInTheSeaOfStars]

Thank you for your great work in aggregating weekly space news for the public!

[grahamwalker]

Hi, wondering if the discarded Spacex lander could be incorporated into the Lunar Gateway as an additional module ?

[xrayaiz]

Thanks for the very informative update, Marcus and support team. I think that your consistency of production regarding weekly videos/episodes. graphical content, research data, infographics, 3D renderings from the YouTube community altogether make your channel, in my opinion, a high-quality TV show. You are knowledgeable about the material, your genuine interest in the subject matter is very apparent and the sincere hope for the success of all those companies (SpaceX, RocketLab, etc) attempting to move space progress forward via private efforts. Thanks for your hard work on each and every episode. You are my go to source for the latest happenings on SpaceX and others! Keep doing what you're doing and keep raising the bar to show what an individual and team of enthusiasts can do via a tool such as YouTube.

[maxwin]

Best in class editing. No silly stock clips, just real contents and neat infographics. Bravo Marcus!

[listerdave]

@7:50 My take on how it would work goes like this:
We start at the end of the first moon mission, when the Starship has lifted off the moon and the astronauts have transferred to the Orion to come back to earth leaving Starship orbiting the moon (possibly attached to Gateway).
For the next mission a Starship tanker is launched into LEO where it will be filled by five or six other tankers. It goes to Moon orbit, docks with Lunar Starship and transfers enough fuel for one landing and relaunch and keeping enough fuel to return to Earth where it will re-enter and land. The delta-V for return to Earth is not very large since it does not need to enter orbit. .
This can then be repeated for every subsequent mission.

Further down the line I expect Starship to be used to transfer the astronauts to and from the Lunar Starship rather than Orion. The only reason it would not be done initially is because it would not yet be human rated. ( Although somehow the Lunar Starship would be.) Once Starship is used instead of Orion it would carry both the astronauts and the propellant.
In this scenario the Starship would of course wait in Lunar orbit for the astronauts' return, or perhaps the return of the astronauts they are replacing.

[winstonsmith]

A severe Kessler Syndrome event would not only prohibit satellites in certain orbits as you mentioned, but it could completely prevent access to higher orbits and interplanetary space due to the need to pass through that debris field.

[whyiseverysinglehandletaken]

15:39 As soon as this frame was on screen, I couldn't help but scream 'AEROSPIKE!' and everyone at my house just woke up and started screaming.

[ThexBorg]

Fascinating stuff, thanks Marcus. January / Feb hopefully we see the first of the launches next year.