Support NeoGAF

[Smiles and Cries]

in Boca Chica that is. This thing is going to do a flight test sometime next month. It is not the final product but they have been working out how to build it

Live




If you have not been following the videos this stacking is super cool


channels to watch

NASASpaceflight

NASASpaceFlight, now in its 14th year of operations, is already a leading online news resource for everyone interested in space flight specific news, supplyi...

www.youtube.com

mostly live

LabPadre

SpaceX Boca Chica, Texas Live Launches and Testing, South Padre Island Events. NASA Updates. Spring Break, Extreme 4x4 off road, and other fun videos and liv...

www.youtube.com

more info:


last test was StarHopper flight!! WATCH THIS

 

[redfirm]

I like this, OP. I like this.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

these are historic times
I mean I watched this thing dozens of times and it still gives me a stiffy


Watch it!

 

[JordanN]

Apparently it has no radiation shielding.

Not sure why they're already cutting corners with space travel.

 

[redfirm]

these are historic times
I mean I watched this thing dozens of times and it still gives me a stiffy


Watch it!

i've been following spaceX since day one. believe me, that video still gives me goosebumps

 

[Captain Zyrain]

these are historic times
I mean I watched this thing dozens of times and it still gives me a stiffy


Watch it!

Explain it to me like I am one of your French girls.

Why is that impressive? It moved from one spot to another spot.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Explain it to me like I am one of your French girls.

Why is that impressive? It moved from one spot to another spot.

If you are one of my French girls, I'll explain it this way. That one is stumpy and small
the next test is going to be big long tall and erect and it moves the same way but with longer strokes



very big French girls like big. Like those big long breads called baguettes.

 

[Captain Zyrain]

So is the erect peniship going to penetrate into space? Or still just hump the air between here and there?

Is this love missile supposed to (eventually) bring the men to mars (and the women to venus)?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Apparently it has no radiation shielding.

Not sure why they're already cutting corners with space travel.

Elon is going the use the first generation to deliver cargo to Mars
later versions with shielding will come but there will never be enough of it we are not Star Trek yet

good convo on SpaceX plans this year

 

[asustitan]

Keep a look out, we should be getting astronauts on the Falcon 9 April - May. That would be the ultimate roller coaster ride.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

So is the erect peniship going to penetrate into space? Or still just hump the air between here and there?

Is this love missile supposed to (eventually) bring the men to mars (and the women to venus)?

Don't blow your load just yet

wait for the next flight

 

[asustitan]

They will probably have a padded room for sleeping for the small trips to the Moon which will come first while working on a Mars solution.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Keep a look out, we should be getting astronauts
on the Falcon 9 April - May. That would be the ultimate roller coaster ride.

That Crew Dragon is one sexy little capsule can't wait to see it go up there with a real crew this time

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Musk's is gonna be bigger than everyone else's.

 

[JordanN]

Musk's is gonna be bigger than everyone else's.

And it's black too.

 

[ClanOfNone]

As a kid in Florida during the 80's, I remember shuttle launches all the time. It saddens me that decades later we still ain't really done shit.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

How do you get to work on that monster?

It is like construction work for Rocket Scientist look at these dudes

 

[EverydayBeast]

Hopefully they can go out and execute

 

[Smiles and Cries]

these guys work in shifts 24 hours none stop unless too much wind or bad weather that is why they are building these tall windbreak towers
because this place needs to build 2 Starships per week as a goal in the future

 

[Smiles and Cries]

just love these vids


I feel like a kid again

 

[Stiflers Mom]

I am watching news of this almost every day since last September, and I still can't believe they think they can fly people to orbit and then to Mars with those shittily welded together aluminum cigars.

And producing two every week for 5 millions for one.
I mean, yeah, amazing if that will be the truth.
But I still feel like this is just the biggest con of all time, and one day Elon needs to confess that he was just goofing the world.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I am watching news of this almost every day since last September, and I still can't believe they think they can fly people to orbit and then to Mars with those shittily welded together aluminum cigars.

And producing two every week for 5 millions for one.
I mean, yeah, amazing if that will be the truth.
But I still feel like this is just the biggest con of all time, and one day Elon needs to confess that he was just goofing the world.

If you have been following how did you come up with this is the biggest con of all time?

 

[Stiflers Mom]

If you have been following how did you come up with this is the biggest con of all time?

Just joking, off course..
It just feels so weird, seeing how much time and effort they spent on getting something like the crew dragon to work for many years now, and how that things looks like being made with so much care.

And on the Starship, it kind of looks like some dudes are plumbing together some shit from scrap parts they found in the back yard, but want to fly to mars with it in 2 years. And with a manned mission in 4 years.

Yeah, I know, the idea is to have short iterations to fail fast and getting better each time. And that this iteration is neither supposed to fly to Mars, nor having an actual crew on it.

Still, looks funny what they are doing there in a way.
You get what I am saying now?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Just joking, off course..
It just feels so weird, seeing how much time and effort they spent on getting something like the crew dragon to work for many years now, and how that things looks like being made with so much care.

And on the Starship, it kind of looks like some dudes are plumbing together some shit from scrap parts they found in the back yard, but want to fly to mars with it in 2 years. And with a manned mission in 4 years.

Yeah, I know, the idea is to have short iterations to fail fast and getting better each time. And that this iteration is neither supposed to fly to Mars, nor having an actual crew on it.

Still, looks funny what they are doing there in a way.
You get what I am saying now?

Oh,

I think the differences make a lot of sense. Crew Dragon was a NASA contract at first. They have competition there too but the other team was not even able to reach the ISS

while SpaceX has had some set backs with the Crew Dragon blowing up they are still ahead of Boeing's Starliner


Starliner failing and more expensive shows that putting a lot of money and care into something does not always equal success
Starliner has had some very serious technical issues very scary issues with their computers.

IF and that is still an IF Starship works it will make everything else look far behind including the Crew Dragon project.


I think it looks funny because they are not building them hidden behind closed doors like everyone else plus they test them often blowing them up and crashing them with plenty of videos showing how they failed. I don't think seeing it loses any of my respect for the process.


I'm glad this is not a SkunkWorks or Area 51 type process.
Yeah I get it, it looks nutty but I love it

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Yeah I get it, it looks nutty but I love it

That's basically my point and stance on it as well...

 

[Smiles and Cries]

That's basically my point and stance on it as well...

I expect a lot of this will fail. I expected StarHopper to blow up that thing was BIG this is like 5x bigger and they expect it to do the same thing

but if they get it to finally work WOW

crazy but fun to watch

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I think the strangest thing about SpaceX's Boca Chica build is that they are building everything at the same time

You'll think they would build a factory building first then build the rocket but nope

every tent and building has been built at least 3 times, tents have gone up taken down and built up again a few feet to the right or left of the last tent

now they have structures that look more permanent

 

[Smiles and Cries]

so cool

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Boca Chica is right next to a bordertown and people don't really live nearby outside a few ranchers. (the town closest to it is about 10 minutes away though. These space ships however are RIGHT next to the beach a shitloads of people go to btw.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Why is it that there always seems to be shitty weather there, though...?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I love this video, the scale of these things are epic


can't wait to see how many raptors they put on this time

Why is it that there always seems to be shitty weather there, though...?

land would not have been as cheap if it was a really nice place

 

[Stouffers]

Looks cheap as shit. Like one of those old silver motorhomes.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Looks cheap as shit. Like one of those old silver motorhomes.

this is the cheapest thing they could make them out off, turns out to be the strongest too with the extreme temp changes

 

[V4skunk]

Apparently it has no radiation shielding.

Not sure why they're already cutting corners with space travel.

No such thing as radiation shielding on a spacecraft. Too much weight.
Going to Mars is 100% a one way trip and the chances of survival there are slim at best.
I believe every one will be dead with in 2 years of launch.

 

[Stouffers]

No such thing as radiation shielding on a spacecraft. Too much weight.
Going to Mars is 100% a one way trip and the chances of survival there are slim at best.
I believe every one will be dead with in 2 years of launch.

What a weird thing to believe in.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Why is it that there always seems to be shitty weather there, though...?

Geography. Right next to the beach.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

What a weird thing to believe in.

I think I get it. Elon saw the future of COVID-19 and rushed all of this so he can escape to Mars

nah still strange.

DUDES this stuff is DOPE AS FUCK why can't you all just be happy for me. I love these big ass fire dildos. And I'm Heterosexual!

look at this shit!

 

[V4skunk]

What a weird thing to believe in.

100 people travelling 9 months in a tin can through very powerful non ionising radiation with zero shielding! Then having to survive on a supposed dead planet, having to grow your own food and having to find lots of ice to make oxygen and water.
Chances of survival are slim.

 

[Stouffers]

100 people travelling 9 months in a tin can through very powerful non ionising radiation with zero shielding! Then having to survive on a supposed dead planet, having to grow your own food and having to find lots of ice to make oxygen and water.
Chances of survival are slim.

That’s what they said about the journey to the center of the earth.

 

[triplestation]

these are historic times
I mean I watched this thing dozens of times and it still gives me a stiffy


Watch it!

that was so messy and so clean at the same time

without all that dirt and smoke it's straight out of a sci-fi movie

fucking godzilla fire breath 55 seconds in

 

[V4skunk]

That’s what they said about the journey to the center of the earth.

Try harder idiot.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I see a shiny new cone! Put it on, put it on!
updated live video link so should be 24/7 live stream until the next time they have to change links for downtime

 

[Master Of Illusion]

Soundtrack to the Space Revolution:

 

[Smiles and Cries]

this took hours to move but I watched still waiting for it to top over and fall

 

[Smiles and Cries]

these types of updates have good info on what is going on this week

 

[Smiles and Cries]

nose cone stack


So to recap SN1 might just pressure test again and not fly best we could get is a raptor fire test too?

good news is a newer SN2 is going to start stacking soon that might be the one for the next flight test

Something might fly next month!

 

[Kenpachii]

"starship"

Ends up being yet another rocket.

 

[EviLore]

Subbed!

 

[Stiflers Mom]

nose cone stack


So to recap SN1 might just pressure test again and not fly best we could get is a raptor fire test too?

good news is a newer SN2 is going to start stacking soon that might be the one for the next flight test

Something might fly next month!

That's what I heard as well yesterday :/
I don't yet believe we will see something flying until late summer, to be honest.
It's crazy how over optimistic those timelines are. I remember someone saying we might see the starship fly a month after the presentation last late september...
This stuff takes time..

 

[Smiles and Cries]

That's what I heard as well yesterday :/
I don't yet believe we will see something flying until late summer, to be honest.
It's crazy how over optimistic those timelines are. I remember someone saying we might see the starship fly a month after the presentation last late september...
This stuff takes time..

It could just be the welding was not up to the standards on SN1, they are doing very different things on SN2 each version tends to add new and better solutions. Sure they might not fly until summer but I don't think Elon is afraid of flying and crashing these things in the Gulf of Mexico.

I'm still hoping SN2 will fly in late March

I mean they are the only ones with crews working 24 hour shifts on rockets like this that we know of. Not sure what the hurry is but Elon wants results.