On March 14, 2024, Starship successfully lifted off at 8:25 a.m. CT from Starbase in Texas and went on to accomplish several major milestones and firsts.
Starship’s six second stage Raptor engines all started successfully and powered the vehicle to its expected orbit, becoming the first Starship to complete its full-duration ascent burn. Starship went on to experience its first ever entry from space, providing valuable data on heating and vehicle control during hypersonic reentry. Live views of entry were made possible by Starlink terminals operating on Starship.
This rapid iterative development approach has been the basis for all of SpaceX’s major innovative advancements, including Falcon, Dragon, and Starlink. Recursive improvement is essential as we work to build a fully reusable transportation system capable of carrying both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, help humanity return to the Moon, and ultimately travel to Mars and beyond.
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Cost per launch 10 million-while poverty rages.
And the information about the removed thermal protection tiles, is it real? Is there any way to check this information?
They shouldn't call it "Starship" given it only goes into earth orbit (maybe the moon one day?) . . . "Orbity" is a better name, while "Tidbit" if goes to the moon– how about RedDog for a Mars mission? Yes, no, maybe?
Here because I am still high on the IFT-4 🥹❤️
When we are older everybody will forget god…
Bro in 2052
Wooooooooooooooooooow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2:04 yeas! 🤘🏻 let's go!
IFT-4 4k video plz
It should be more pointy!
Eliminate horrible music.
nuclear
Hey, SpaceX. Is it really that hard to mount a 360 cam on your rockets?
flight 4 comment
Seems like the launch ring and arms need to be longer and wider to reduce the force and heat on components. If the arms could be made longer by just a few feet the heat and force could be lessened on the upper connectors, If the lunch ring was larger this would move the lower connect further from the heat/thrust. Making a larger ring would help with room for added upgrade components and shielding.
Proven methods of reducing heat with the water deluge system lead me to believe that Elon is missing a key fix to many problems. Why not add a deluge system to protect the key components from the massive heat and the extra foot or two would reduce force of the thrust. One of the key takes of the damage and turnaround time is the damage is to the hold down clamp, How about make the entire hold down ring removable/replaceable at one time. Turn around time would be reduced. Not to mention when the Starship has a full payload the thrust force will very much greater and for a longer time blasting all components with heat.
(Calculate thrust of the rocket (Don't make this mistake!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBQqMUI5Jk4
I think Elon, is the most important man on the planet at this era….
Truly Breathtaking…🌠🌌👨🚀🌍🌏🌎🌌♾
When will flt 4 be released?
But i have a question that they say there are lot n lot of space junk in the space and and half
or more than half is orbiting earth and what if we are launching a rocket and the rocket crashes into it? And why is there no space junk in all space photos i see?is every picture of space photoshoped??
God bless this earth still have time to land on another planet
I Always said it, for going to mars you going to need more then two rocket starships, i mean you need water food and oxygen, a minimum of 5 ship …
150 years ago we didn't even have planes…
where are the stars …✨
Who is here after ift 4
if you use gravity feed, of kerosene and lox, you dont have to mess with complex turbo pumps. output flow rates for example 50m tall, 10m radius, 1m output radius draining water tank, is 100 000kg/s, at 31m/s, at 500bar, draining times about 300s taking into account slowing drain times. gravity feed is even faster during rocket acceleration.
Where's Starship Forth Flight Test? 😢 Recap
Respect! SpaceX did a fantastic job.
Starship S24
what can you say..
that plasma shot
is just…
no words.. other worldly
Bezos, Gates… both remarkable men for what they have achieved… but true dreamers like Elon Musk come around only once a century. What an amazing man, and his companies will change humanity forever… for the better. (And to all the liberal women who hate him… you should be thanking him.)
So cool!
Can't stop to replay 🙂
😊Much appreciated 🙏
ThankU 🌈❣🙏🫂
With love&light&hugs
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That shot at 2:05 of all the amazing people that made this possible should be the starting point for a whole film series that explains How We Got Here. America is in a terrible place in so many ways, and yet these people are pushing forward and literally making history with every launch. We need to talk about this.
It is necessary to build 100 new starship hangars and launchers within 2 years, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve Musk's launch goal.
Establishing one or more large fleets of transport drones and robots, maintenance hangars, and large storage logistics centers nearby would require substantial upgrades to uninterruptible power stations and backup fuel manufacturing/storage systems (and these infrastructures would need to be located underground to avoid attacks).
North American transportation networks also need to be significantly expanded, such as the construction of underground highways, underground high-speed rails, underground drone airports, etc., and the comprehensive promotion of unmanned ground vehicles and high-speed unmanned transport aircraft systems to speed up and strengthen the transportation of materials and parts.