SpaceX's MASSIVE Next Gen Starship Pad & Block 3 revealed!

SpaceX’s Starship Block 3 is coming! More components have been spotted! Is Jared Isaacman about to stop SLS? What are his thoughts on the Moon and Mars? We listened in on his confirmation hearing! The iconic Stargate building at Starbase is destroyed! How many planets can a star eat?! How much longer until Blue Origin finally lights a second New Glenn?

#spaceX #starship #starbase #nasa

Editing: John Young, Alex Potvin, Stefanie Schlang
Photography: Jordan Guidry, John Winkopp & Stefanie Schlang
3D Animation: Voop3D
Script & Research: Jay, Cris, Felix Schlang
LIVE Production: Jonathan Heuer, Jordan Guidry
Host: Felix Schlang
Production: Stefanie & Felix Schlang
Graphics & Media Processing: Jonathan Heuer, Felix Schlang

Credit:

⭐SpaceX
⭐NASA
⭐Caspar Stanley: @Caspar_Stanley @StanleyCreative
⭐VirtualSpace_3D on X: @Lolomatico3d
⭐The Ring Watchers on X: @RingWatchers

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[Whataboutit]

What"sYOUR take? Should SLS continue or are there other and possibly better options? Tell me in the comments!
EDIT: The image shown at 08:55 is from NASA Spaceflight - Max Evans, not SpaceX!

[fozzzilla]

I look at the forward flaps on S20 and think, "Block 1", I look at the forward flaps on S34 and think "Block 2", I look at the ears on Jared Isaacman and think "Block 4?" It's like he was made for the job!

[augustwest]

Remember SLS reused old Shuttle engines and tanks. It takes BOEING 2 years to assemble already made parts.

[favesongslist]

The US politicians seem to love cutting fully built missions, Ever since they cut Apollo's 18, 19 and 20 Saturn V rockets that were already built :(

[DougGann]

Wow. WAI is actually the first media source to publish the true 90 billion dollar cost of SLS. Bravo.

[WilliamHostman]

In re SLS: Boeing already put the SLS and Starliner staff on notice of possible termination. When the contractor thinks they can't meet the goals, it's time to kick them out of the pool. Personally, I think Dragon should be the basic lander; a landing trunk should be doable within the year...

[mustang]

A couple of years from now we will look at those original prototype Starships and think, “wow, those were small.”

[Onepiece]

Finally he said "Starship Updates" haha nice i love it

[richardzeitz]

"more visually appealing" flight 9? Don't tell me you didn't find flights 7 and 8 highly visually appealing! Those wonderful streaks of reentering starship components were beautiful! And the spiraling starship nebula in flight 8 was stunning! I hope flight 9 is LESS visually appealing! ;-)

[visceralpsyche]

I think the V3 on the LOX tank isn't referring to Block 3 Starship, but rather the V3 Raptors, ie it's the LOX header design compatible with V3 Raptor requirements. Just my 2c ;)

[Peg-as-us]

Keep pumping out great content WAI....😊

[leoleydekkers]

It's been quite obvious, for years now, that Starship is a far more efficient and capable system than SLS. Just the 2-year launch cadence makes it a relic of a bygone age. Not to mention the lack of reusability... And cost? Is anyone still arguing?

[jasonjonkerharms]

Like the ideas of both sets of flaps being placed further leeward so hinges are outside of the plasma flow; using a vehicle-type wrap to keep all the tiles in place during ascent until it gets burned off during re-entry; blunting the nose cone to be semi-circular so the tiles can be the same as the body; instant re-use is unlikely with current design, but fast ship construction can keep flight cadence high.

[paulhendershott]

SLS has to be put to bed, and the sooner the better... My late father headed the Communication and telemetry designs for the Apollo missions while working at GE's Re-Entry and Space Division, which has now become Lockheed-Martin. He was a VERY efficient Engineer and would be behind SpaceX 100% at this point in time for their efficiency and ability for an accelerated cadence. As an aside, my dad brought me down to Chestnut St in Philadelphia to watch them install the communication package into the Lunar module for Apollo 11. A sight I will never forget! There was also a secret Saturn V rocket engine test I got to see in the wee hours of the morning on Wallops Island. I eventually got to work on the Radar-Fuse assembly of the Mark 12A ICBM missile program in the late 1970's. Miss those early days of Engineering challenges! 😀😀

[spacexrocks]

Meanwhile ... in Falcon 9 news ... Two new Falcon 9 Landing Zones are planned Florida: one for LC-39A and one for SLC-40. Note that at SLC-40, F9 1st stages MUST return to their launch site; this is required because it would require a real property agreement between the USSF and SpaceX, and the property is managed by the USSF. Note that SpaceX’s license at LZ-1/2 expires in July 2025. (Source: "Draft Environmental Assessment SpaceX Falcon 9 Operations at Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida" released last month.)

[stephenwalling]

Starship should be a lot wider and a little bit shorter. It may take more ENGINES, but that seems to be the way things are going.

[LawrenceKaneshiro]

I agree. Cutting the science budget is NOT the way to go if the human race is going to venture out beyond the stars. While getting more with less is an interesting concept, protecting human life while exploring space is equally important. Let's invest wisely and not put all our money into one basket, such as SpaceX. There are plenty of other companies that also have great ideas and technology to offer.

[Roadkill]

SLS needs to go along with Starliner. However to really cement it.. We need to see StarShip have successful full flight with both components

[AcapulKero]

Long life to Space X! Super deine News Felix!

[plsgivenuggets]

Why are you removing watermarks and wrongly crediting the images? 8:52 is from NSF