that much was obvious from the beginning one SpaceX Starship couldn't possibly carry us to Mars
it will probably need to stop for fuel several times along the way thanks to additional Starships
even just to get it beyond Earth's orbit it would be considerably harder to accomplish all of that
while also recovering all of the spacecraft and their super heavy Rockets fortunately Elon Musk
has the perfect solution and that is the Starship version 2. what's packed with version 2 let's find
out hello everyone welcome back to Elon Musk Evolution where we bring you the most recent
news about Elon Musk and his multi-billion dollar companies space news and the latest science and
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icon so you don't miss any of our amazing videos according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk the company May
someday create an Expendable variant of its next Generation Starship rocket Starship is really
exceptionally ambitious Starship is a monster even without taking into account the as yet untested
ideas of orbital propellant refilling and full rapid reusability which are at the core of the
entire system the rocket is 120 meters tall and is potentially able to generate up to 7 590 tons of
thrust at sea level compared to previous launch Vehicles it is bigger taller heavier and more
powerful more than any other rocket starship's super heavy booster is powered by 33 Raptor 2
engines as soon as it is perfected SpaceX claims that Starship can launch up to 150 tons to low
earth orbit while also retrieving the orbital spacecraft and suborbital booster for later use
according to CEO Elon Musk Starship reuse will eventually take just hours allowing for many
flights per day for each ship and launcher and a reduction in the marginal cost of each launch to
a few million dollars in contrast Starships 39 Raptors deliver roughly 10 times as much thrust
at liftoff as the Workhorse Falcon 9 Rockets 10 simpler Merlin 1D engines the Falcon 9 rocket can
also launch around 11 percent as much payload into orbit while using its upper stage even
so musk revealed in the middle of 2020 that the marginal cost of a falcon 9 launch was 15 million
dollars while this figure is remarkably low it nonetheless serves as a stark reminder of how
far Starship still needs to advance there is a lot of work involved in just making sure Starship can
go into orbit even more difficult and not fully shown until the rocket can reliably reach orbit
is the successful recovery of Starship and super heavy after the fact if SpaceX cannot reliably
recover ships and boosters following orbital launches it will not be able to reuse Starship
early prototypes may not even be recoverable thus there is no certainty that they will be usable
every Starship upper stage will be functionally disposable until reusability is proven whether
or not Elon Musk wants it to be musk most likely implies that SpaceX may or may not opt
to create an upper stage for the Starship that is specifically designed for disposable trips
Starship would probably be taken by such a stage which would Purge it of all Superfluous material
and minimize its mass similar ideas have been put out by musk in the past who suggested that
SpaceX create a lighter Starship model without a heat shield or Finn's legs for disposable
interplanetary Launches on the contrary spacex's star base manufacturing is already producing a
number of purposefully disposable Starships ships 26 and 27 lack thermal protection heat shield
tiles and will not be equipped with flaps making them unrecoverable or unusable they
will most likely be put to the test for other critical Starship Technologies such as orbital
replenishment and cryogenic fluid management well everything is going on spacex's billion dollar
deal with NASA to utilize Starship to transport astronauts back to the Moon centers on a Depot
ship variation that will store propellant in orbit but is unable to return to Earth
a single astronaut may be able to land on each of the first several Starship Moon Landers making
them functionally disposable in short SpaceX has already developed a number of Starship
variations that are either entirely disposable or can only be reused in orbit beginning in 2023
SpaceX will be able to launch up to 250 metric tons to low earth orbit with a single launch of
the Starship rocket according to an update to the Starship section of the company's website
the second most effective Expendable rocket the Saturn V could launch up to 118 tons to
Leo and cost between 1 and 2 billion dollars each launch unsurprisingly spacex's public promotion of
starship's expendable performance indicates that the business is taking into account all of the
features that its new launch system will provide also important are the starship's Expendable
features the International Space Station weighs roughly 420 tons having been built
piece by piece over numerous launches if SpaceX can make Starship launches frequent and routine
two disposable Starships might launch more usable Mass to Leo this would be truly revolutionary and
so what do you think of Starship version 2 let us know in the comment box meanwhile apparently
influenced by spacex's Starship a Chinese launch firm has conducted hot fire experiments as part of
the development of a future reusable stainless steel rocket recently space epic conducted a
number of experiments on a propellant tank made of stainless steel with a diameter of 4.2 meters
and a long Yoon 70 methane liquid oxygen engine created by Juju Yoon John at Juju Yoon John's test
facility in the province of anhui the tests were conducted the tests are a part of beijing-based
space epochs already disclosed intentions to create a 64 meter tall stainless steel launcher
with a 6.5 ton lift capacity to an 1100 kilometer Sun synchronous orbit up to 20 times can be spent
using the launcher the static fire tests comprise testing for starting and restarting a fire as well
as for starting a fire with little propellant said in a statement that the joint advancement
of liquid oxygen methane technology and stainless steel storage tanks has provided a strong platform
for next rocket flight testing in addition to drawing inspiration from SpaceX in terms of the
pairing of stainless steel tanks and methane locks engines space epic is also employing an iterative
methodology in a manner analogous to the SN serial number designations for Starship development
for the most recent combined System test xzh1d1 was utilized in 2023 a maiden test
of sub-orbital C Splashdown recovery will be conducted using xzh1d2 with lofty goals
space epic is the most recent newcomer to China's developing commercial launch industry it received
an undisclosed amount of Angel money in August of last year and later tested the pressure of
stainless steel tanks with thin walls that were three meters and 4 meters in diameter
according to its press releases the company is adamant about leading China's interplanetary
transportation system contributing to the National Space infrastructure of the nation and meeting the
demand for more launch capacity the business also claims that it is aiming for markets like
point-to-point travel space travel building space stations deep space research and planetary defense
Juju Yoon John is a 2017 founded rocket engine firm that was previously chosen by rocket pie a
new Chinese launch company to power their Darwin 1 rocket which may launch as soon as this year
according to reports Juju Yoon John's reusable 70-ton thrust open cycle long Yoon engines are
being considered for use by the state-owned Shanghai Academy of space flight technology a
significant subsidiary of China's primary space contractor casc for its own potential response
to the Starship challenge the China Academy of launch vehicle technology the other significant
rocket-producing division of Cask has also presented a launch or concept that is inspired
by Starship Juke 2 China's first commercially developed liquid launcher and methane locks rocket
had a test flight last month due to a problem with its second stage Vernier engines it was unable
to enter orbit what do you think of this mini Starship from China let us know in the comment box
the nuclear engine for Rocket vehicle application nerva a solid core nuclear
reactor that was successfully tested on Earth was designed and built by NASA after it started its
study on nuclear thermal engines in 1959 however following the conclusion of the Apollo era in 1973
and a significant cut in program budget plans to fire the engine in space were put on hold
the ability of nuclear engines to fire more effectively and for longer periods of time
than their chemical counterparts allows them to accelerate Rockets more quickly and farther they
can be divided into two categories nuclear electric propulsion reactors which generate
electricity to strip electrons from noble gases like Xenon and Krypton before launching them
out of the spacecraft's Thruster as an ion beam and nuclear thermal propulsion reactors which is
the type being investigated by NASA and uses the fission reaction to heat a gas typically hydrogen
or ammonia so that it expands through a nozzle to provide thrust the Artemis one trip was the first
of three missions that tested the ground systems hardware and software that would eventually be
used to build a base on the moon and send the first humans to Mars the Artemis 2 and Artemis
3 test flights will come after this initial test flight in 2024 and 2025 to 2026 respectively in
contrast to Artemis 1 Artemis 2 will travel the same distance with a crew of four human beings
and Artemis 3 will send the first woman and the first person of color to set foot on the moon's
surface at the lunar South Pole Bill Nelson NASA's administrator said after Artemis one's launch that
it was historic since it marked the return of humanity to deep space with a new generation
this is the program of going back to the Moon to study to live to develop to create in order
to travel Beyond said one astronaut one that marks new technology a whole new breed of astronauts and
a vision of the future and so what is Artemis 3 the third Artemis Mission which aims to put
astronauts on the moon comes after the first two flights which served as learning opportunities and
opportunities to showcase the Orion spacecraft's capabilities Launchpad 39b at NASA's Kennedy
Space Center in Florida will serve as the regular launch site for a space launch system rocket for
astronauts traveling in Orion will be transported to the Moon by the massive Moon rocket Orion will
touch down with spacex's Starship human Landing system which will be ready and waiting for it in
an orbit that gets it fairly close to the Moon every six and a half days The Cutting Edge lunar
orbit known as a near rectilinear Halo orbit fly spacecraft in a short elliptical path close
to the moon's surface before flinging them in a longer elliptical path Beyond from it
the CIS lunar autonomous positioning system technology operations and navigation experiment
mission is using the same type of orbit that the lunar Gateway would utilize in the upcoming
Artemis missions to test its capabilities the European service module will keep the
Orion spacecraft on course and in the optimal alignment for a successful docking throughout
the journey approach and docking the Six-Day Halo orbit for Artemis 3 will allow the two astronauts
inside Orion to re-catch up with one another after making a full rotation of the Moon while the two
moonwalkers will have six days to land establish Camp go on exploration carry out research and
then re-enter the Orion spacecraft and that ends today's episode what do you think of this episode
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