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Starship Explosives Delivered · Elon Musk Podcast

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There's a link in the show notes Starship testing is advancing at
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Starbase and now SpaceX is eyeing a possible third test
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flight in March pending successful pre flight tests and
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also engineer approvals. Now recent activities including
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the delivery of crucial components for the Rockets
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flight termination system or the FTS signal this process.
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Now the FTS is essential for safely aborting the flight if
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anomalies occur. Now the installation of the FTS,
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which is a standard safety feature for large rockets,
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involves placing explosives on the rocket to enable its
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destruction mid air if necessary.
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Now these systems are installed closer to the launch date due to
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their limited lifespan. Now, the movement of the second
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stage Starship to the test pad in Boca Chica hints at the
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preparation for this upcoming test flight.
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Now the test pad known for conducting static fire tests,
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might soon witness such a test of the starship's second stage.
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Now there might be another static fire and static fire
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tests are critical for assessing the rocket's readiness for
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launch. Now the Super heavy booster,
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which is the bottom part of the Starship has been moved back
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into the High Bay. It utilizes 33 Raptor engines
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which are designed for atmospheric conditions.
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The second stage, the Starship, is equipped with engines
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optimized for the vacuum of space.
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Now, a new launch site for Starship is being considered to
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support Elon Musk's ambition to increase the launch frequency of
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the Mars bound rocket. The proposed site at Cape
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Canaveral, FL is part of Spacex's plans to establish a
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global network of launchpads for interplanetary travel and
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eventually people living on Mars.
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Now Starship, which is about 120 meters tall when fully
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assembled, is the largest rocket ever built, capable of
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delivering about 100,000 kilograms to low Earth orbit.
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Its development and launches are currently based at Starbase
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Facility in Boca Chica, Texas, but the proposal for the new
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launch site at Cape Canaveral involves taking over SLC 37
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launchpad, which is a site with historic significance from the
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1960s used for the Saturn One and 1B rockets.
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X plans to adapt this site for Starship super heavy launching
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and landing operation. Now.
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Additionally, plans are underway for another Starship launchpad
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at the Starbase facility, and Elon Musk confirmed the
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development of a new launch tower equipped with robot
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chopsticks aimed at catching the booster rocket post launch,
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highlighting the importance of having multiple launch towers
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for continuous operations in Texas and in Florida now in
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2021. Now all the way back in 2021,
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Elon Musk announced plans to repurpose diffused oil rigs into
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Starship launch platforms, naming them after Mars Moons,
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Damos, and Phobos. They've since decommissioned
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these platforms and now they're focusing on land based launches.
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The upcoming third major Starship launch is planned to be
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an uncrewed flight from Texas to Hawaii, completing a 90 minute
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journey around the Earth. This follows two previous
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attempts that ended unsuccessfully shortly after
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takeoff, with no confirmation date yet for the third attempt.
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Now also, let's step back a little bit to the FTS.
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It's a critical component installed on both the booster
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and the spacecraft. Now during IFT One they use the
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FTS, the flight Termination system to blow up the booster
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and also the ship and this is due to the stages not separating
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and power loss on the engine and then it led to the destruction
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of the rocket. Now the second test flight saw
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improvements though was successful.
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Detonation of the first stages FTS after separation it was
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during the kickback burn at the 2nd stages.
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FTS also function as intended during its coast phase, although
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SpaceX has been reserved about the details of that part of the
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test. Just recently, heavy duty
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explosives or for the FTS have been sent to Starbase.
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These deliveries indicate the ongoing operations for the next
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test flight, and it shows that they will be launching somewhat
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soon. The ongoing preparations for the
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Starship's third test flight, including the installation of
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the FTS, static fire tests, stacking, unstacking, moving the
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booster back to the Bay, and also moving the ship off to the
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pad. It's a critical step.
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All these are critical steps towards the next launch, IFT 3
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of Starship, as part of Spacex's broader efforts to advance human
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civilization to become a multi planet species.
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