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Kicking off this video we have a couple of bits of information, starting with this article
recently posted.
It says “AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband
network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, today announced an agreement with
SpaceX for the launch of its next prototype spacecraft, BlueWalker 3.”
Scott Manley posted a Tweet saying “I looked at the orbits of just one batch of Starlink
satellites and you can see them starting as a single block eventually splitting into 3
planes while losing a couple along the way.”
Musk responded with “Orbital precession takes a long time.
With Starship & Starlink V2.0, hopefully we can direct inject to target orbit.”
There was a series of Tweets posted by SpaceX.
The first of these says “Crew-3 astronauts visited NASA Kennedy this week for emergency
preparedness training.”
Then in another Tweet they posted a picture with the caption “The Inspiration4 crew
was also in Florida this week for training ahead of their flight in September.”
Then finally, related to astronauts, they also posted “More than 20 astronauts from
around the world are currently going through SpaceX human spaceflight training.”
As you may already know, over in Boca Chica, SpaceX stacked the 9th and final integration
tower level during the week.
TankWatchers posted a Tweet with a video of SpaceX stacking the 9th level of the integration
tower.
It says “SpaceX teams have stacked the last section of the Orbital Tower.
The tower is now complete and stands 469ft tall.”
Musk responded with “Congrats SpaceX tower team & supporting contractors!”
Musk was asked a question about the catching mechanism, the Tweet says “Is there a render
of how the catch of the booster will work?”
Musk responded and said “Will post once we have a decent simulation.
Our first design will probably be far from the bullseye.”
As mentioned in the last video, the orbital launch table and GSE-5 tank were rolled to
the launch site.
Michael Baylor posted a Tweet of the orbital launch table being prepared to lift onto the
mount.
Musk responded and said “Stage Zero, which is everything needed to launch & catch the
rocket, is at least as hard as the booster or ship.”
Musk posted some cool shots of the orbital launch table being lifted.
He captioned it with “Starbase is moving at Warp 9.”
Somebody responded and asked “Elon, how much does that part of the launch table weigh?”
Musk responded with “370 tons.”
Chris Bergin also posted a Tweet of the orbital launch table as it made contact with the launch
mount base.
Musk responded and said “Needs to be level & match booster fittings.
We will find out on ~Tuesday.”
Work continues on the mystery yellow pipe structure.
Here’s a view of the mystery structure being worked on near the production site.
This really cool shot was posted on Twitter by Everyday Astronaut of Musk taking a picture
of a nosecone with a load of heat shield tiles.
Musk responded to the Tweet and said “Hadn’t showered in several days.
We are going hardcore with Starbase Surge.”
Elon Musk posted this amazing inside shot of the aft section for Super Heavy booster
4 I believe.
Musk Tweeted it saying “Completing feed system for 29 Raptor rocket engines on Super
Heavy Booster.”
Somebody responded and said “Take a look at this for scale!
This is huge!
I was able to find 23 employees inside!”
Musk then responded with “Yeah, SpaceX team are cranking hard!”
Everyday Astronaut Tweeted about Musk’s Tweet with “Oh Baby!!!
Look at that spaghetti of plumbing!
This whole thing is just crazy.
I can’t wait to see the full stack.”
Musk responded and said “And that’s just the primary fuel lines!
The maze of secondary plumbing & wiring is our greatest concern.”
He then responded to his own Tweet with “Raptor V2.0 is a major improvement in simplication,
while also increasing thrust from ~185 tons to ~230 tons.
Long-term goal is engine cost below $1000/ton of thrust.”
Scott Manley responded to Elon Musk’s original Tweet with “Remember, rockets are a transportation
system based on a series of tubes.”
Musk responded with “So many tubes...”
This Tweet was posted about an article from the GAO.
It says “Blue Origin and Dynetics’ protest which contested NASA’s awarding of the human
landing system contract to SpaceX has been rejected.”
Christian Davenport also posted a Tweet on this saying “HLS stays with SpaceX: Statement
on Blue Origin-Dynetics Decision.
U.S. GAO ‘In denying the protests, GAO first concluded that NASA did not violate procurement
law or regulation when it decided to make only one award.’”
A brand new Vacuum Raptor was spotted unloaded at Starbase.
Crews continue to work on ground support equipment tanks in the production yard.
As well as being rolled out, the GSE-5 tank was lifted into place recently.
The aft flap mounting mechanism was installed onto the Starship 20 body.
The Starship 20 nosecone has now been stacked with the barrel section.
The Super Heavy Booster 4 methane section was seen being stacked.
Booster 4’s methane stack was moved out of the High Bay for something special.
That something special was the picture you can see on the left in this Tweet, the first
grid fin has now been installed.
This Tweet was posted asking “Looks like non-folding Grid Fins on Booster 4, guessing
this is a case of best part is no part.
Is this accurate Elon Musk?”
Musk responded and said “Yes.”
Somebody posted a Tweet about people who think SpaceX don’t know what they’re doing with
the grid fins.
Musk responded with “Indeed.
Grid fin designs clearly work, but do they maximize payload?
Good chance that they do not.
Something with much more drag to reduce terminal velocity & so reduce landing propellant might
have better performance.
Not sure.
Potential future optimization.”
This other Booster 4 section was spotted sitting outside waiting for stacking.
Musk was also asked about a payload for the first orbital attempt of Starship and Super
Heavy.
Elon Musk responded and said “A wheel of cheese.”
One final thing to take a look at, like usual for our Sunday video, is the latest Starbase
production diagram thanks to Brendan Lewis.
As always, I have to thank Mary, or BocaChicaGal who is out in Boca Chica constantly, filming
the activity going on there.
Also, thanks to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos, livestreams
and other space content.
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