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We have a few updates to start this video, first is a Tweet I wanted to share which was
posted on Monday by the National Air and Science Museum regarding the Crew Dragon Endeavor.
They said “One year ago today, the Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft splashed down
in the Gulf of Mexico, successfully completing the Demo-2 mission, as SpaceX successfully
launched NASA astronauts from American soil and returned them safely to Earth.”
For those who may not know, Crew Dragon Endeavor is currently docked to the ISS on its 2nd
mission for Crew-2.
There is a new article posted by CNBC regarding Starlink and the amount of users now.
It says “SpaceX added subscribers to its Starlink satellite internet service, with
Elon Musk’s company saying it now serves about 90,000 users around the world.”
There’s some exciting information posted in this article regarding the Insipration4
mission set to launch in September.
It says “Netflix is headed into space.
The streamer and the team behind The Last Dance are joining to document the first all-civilian
mission to orbit the Earth.
The five-part series, titled Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space, is slated to premiere in
September and will air just before and after the scheduled mission.”
Netflix also posted a Tweet about this on Tuesday confirming the news.
They said “This September, four civilians will launch into space for a three-day trip
orbiting Earth.
Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission To Space — the first Netflix documentary series to cover
an event in near real-time — will premiere in five parts leading up to and following
the mission.”
Moving over to Boca Chica, here’s a view of the orbital tank farm.
Here you can see the orbital launch table, recently rolled out, installed on the orbital
launch mount.
SpaceX are working on some black pipe structures at the launch site.
The work on the yellow structure is also continuing at the launch site.
Previously there was a dispute about the land where the propellant production system is
at Starbase.
It says “Texas oil regulators voted unanimously in favor of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company
in a dispute over land already being used to build the billionaire’s Starbase complex
near the border with Mexico.”
There was a really cool animation posted on Twitter of how the catching arm could work.
Musk responded and said “Very close to real!
Arms are able to move during descent to match exact booster position.
Catch point is off to side, in case catch fails – don’t want to hit launch mount.
Booster is transferred back to launch mount for next flight.
Designed to have <1 hour turnaround.”
Everyday Astronaut responded and said “I love that you called them ‘Chop stick’
catching arms in the interview.
This will be the craziest thing to see ever!”
Musk then responded with “We stole the idea from Karate Kid.”
Some more Raptor engines were spotted delivered.
In the bottom left, you can see the tank section of Starship 20 has been rolled out of the
Mid Bay.
The first forward flap covered in tiles has been installed onto the Ship 20 nose.
An aft flap covered in heat shield tiles was also spotted installed onto Ship 20’s body.
The other nose flap was then also installed onto the nosecone.
Elon Musk also posted this super cool shot on Twitter on Tuesday as they work at a fast
pace to get Ship 20 done.
Here you can see for the first time ever, Starship 20 has all 6 engines with 3 sea level
and 3 vacuum optimised Raptor engines.
Just incredible to see this.
The Super Heavy Booster 4 prototype has now been fully stacked.
They also finished installing the grid fins on Booster 4.
SpaceX posted this super cool shot of the 29 Raptor engines installed beneath the Booster
4 prototype.
I can’t believe we’re now seeing 29 Raptor engines installed on a Super Heavy booster,
this just looks insane.
SpaceX also posted this cool shot of the Super Heavy Booster 4 prototype fully stacked in
the High Bay.
Yesterday, SpaceX rolled the Booster 4 prototype to the launch site.
Elon Musk posted a video on Twitter of the Super Heavy Booster 4 prototype moving to
the orbital launch mount.
He also posted 2 cool shots of the booster from up at the top of the High Bay as it was
rolling out of the production yard.
In response to the rollout video, Musk was asked “Might be a silly question, but why
are the grid fins not evenly spaced out as they are on F9?”
He responded and said “Pitch control requires more force than yaw & much more force than
roll.
Also, grid fins closer to or in the wake of the booster are less effective.
However, pretty good aero control can technically be achieved with only 2 grid fins, with some
effect on accuracy.”
Here’s a Tweet from Eric Berger on the SpaceX orbital test and FAA reviews.
It says “The rapid assembly of Starship, its Super Heavy booster, and the orbital launch
complex sets up yet another high-stakes showdown between the FAA and SpaceX.
The company is going to be ready to fly, but there's no clarity on when the FAA will complete
its environmental review.”
With Booster 4 being rolled out and Ship 20 on the brink of completion and rollout, here’s
the latest Starbase production diagram thanks to Brendan Lewis.
Things over in Starbase are progressing very nicely at the moment.
As always, I have to say thanks to Mary, known as BocaChicaGal who is out in Boca Chica all
the time filming the amazing content.
Also, thanks to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their great videos, livestreams
and other space content.
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