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Kicking off this video, Michael Sheetz posted a few Tweets regarding concerns surrounding SpaceX’s
Starlink gen 2 plans. The first says “NASA raises concerns about the SpaceX plan for Starlink
Gen2 in letter to the FCC. Risks include: near miss/collisions with science and crewed missions,
maneuvering capability failure, interference with space and ground-based telescopes,
launch schedule delays.” Next he posted “NASA estimates that SpaceX's plan for 30,000 satellites
would put ‘a Starlink in every single asteroid survey image taken for planetary defense against
hazardous asteroid impacts, decreasing asteroid survey effectiveness.’” Finally,
he also posted “The National Science Foundation says in a letter that ‘productive conversations
are ongoing with SpaceX,’ emphasizing that the company ‘has developed, implemented, and tested
a number of ideas which have markedly improved the observed brightness of’ Starlink satellites.”
Eric Berger posted a Tweet about an interesting revelation of the supposed Falcon 9 2nd stage
that is expected to crash into the moon. He said “It turns out that a rocket on course to strike
the Moon in March is NOT a Falcon 9 second stage. Astronomers now believe it is highly probable that
the impact object comes from a Chinese rocket launched in 2014.” Heading over to Boca Chica,
here’s a view of the Wide Bay which is continuing to be constructed. This new structure continues to
be worked on next to the High Bay. On Thursday, Elon Musk did his Starship presentation and it
was quite literally a presentation more so than a Starship update. Nonetheless,
some great questions were asked in the Q&A and I will include some clips with information in
the next video hopefully. SpaceX posted a cool video on Twitter of a Raptor 2 engine firing.
They said “Raptor 2 generates more than 230 tons of thrust at sea level, up from Raptor 1’s 185
tons.” In response to this video posted, Musk posted a Tweet saying “Probably 250 tons by
end of year.” At the Starship presentation, there was both a Raptor 1 and Raptor 2 on display. Nic
Ansuini posted this awesome photo of the two. Chris Bergin posted a Tweet with a picture of
Raptor 1 vs Raptor 2. He said “Raptor V1 vs Raptor V2. Greatly simplified whilst increasing thrust.
Costs half as much.” Musk responded with “Later this year, remaining fussy bits will be gone,
allowing deletion of shroud.” This Super Heavy common dome section is sitting out in the yard.
This smooth nosecone that’s been sitting outside is now being scrapped.
Ship 20 was fully stacked with the Booster with the chopsticks prior to the presentation.
SpaceX posted this cool video of the Starship 20 prototype being
stacked atop the Booster 4 prototype prior to the Starship presentation.
Elon Musk posted this super cool shot of the 2nd full stack of Starship 20 and Super
Heavy Booster 4. Taking a look at the road and beach closures on the Cameron County website,
looks like we could have some testing this coming week. Currently, there are dates scheduled for
tomorrow, Monday 14th, Tuesday 15th, Thursday 17th and Friday 18th. Days after the presentation,
Starship is still standing tall on the orbital launch pad. The Starship 22 tank section inside
the Mid Bay continues to be worked on. The Booster 7 methane section is still hooked up in the High
Bay waiting to be stacked. To finish up the video today, as always, thanks to Brendan Lewis,
there is an updated Starbase production diagram. You can see, along with the other prototypes
under construction, there is now also Starship 25. As always, I have to say thank you to Mary,
also known as BocaChicaGal who’s out there constantly filming the action at Starbase.
As well, thank you to Nic Ansuini who is out there filming some of the Starbase content too.
Also, thank you to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos,
livestreams and other space content. That’s it for this episode of TheSpaceXShow, I hope you
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