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SpaceX Starship Testing Continues Before Next Launch · Elon Musk Podcast

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  Hi everybody and welcome back to another episode of the Elon Musk
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  podcast where we delve into the astounding progress and
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  pioneering innovation of SpaceX and its ambitious Starship
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  program. And in today's episode, we're
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  going to take a closer look at the latest developments
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  surrounding ship 25. The Next Generation spacecraft
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  set to take center stage and SpaceX is second integrated test
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  flight. Just two months after the first
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  groundbreaking integrated test flight, Right of Starship SpaceX
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  is on The Fast Track making Leaps and Bounds in its
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  missions. The conquer the final frontier
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  and preparing for the next test flight.
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  The teams that SpaceX have been conducting an exhaustive series
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  of tests on ship 25's engines. While simultaneously laying the
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  foundation for the orbital. Launch Mount.
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  This plenty to unravel about SpaceX is mighty mental
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  preparations and what they mean for the future of space
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  exploration. And before we dive into this,
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  we're going to take a couple seconds and hear from our
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  sponsors SpaceX is setting the stage for its next major,
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  spectacle about two months, have passed since the integrated
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  flight test SpaceX is vigorously testing the engines for the
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  second. Take off already.
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  This time ship 25 is going to be the star of the show and in
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  parallel SpaceX is feverishly working on the final touches for
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  the foundational structure at the orbital.
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  Mount or the olm. It's here that the super-heavy
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  and Starship are expected to embark on their next momentous
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  Journey optimistically. Slated for his early as August
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  of this year, Elon Musk is always breaking boundaries in
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  this upcoming, second integrated test flight of Starship,
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  featuring ship 25 and the super heaphy prototype dubbed.
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  Booster 9 is shaping up to be yet another Testament to his
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  company's ceaseless. Ambition this is an intricate I
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  can't dance of preparation and testing as its unfolding.
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  A SpaceX is South Texas Starbase facilities to ready ship 25 for
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  its star turn in the next integrated flight test.
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  The teams have thrown themselves into a thorough engine testing
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  campaign. They're leaving, no stone
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  unturned from a spin Prime test all the way to the six engine.
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  Static fire test of the ship's, formidable Raptor two engines,
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  now, learning from the first flight success and challenges,
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  the engineers have made tweaks to the ship's.
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  Shielding and internal tank structure, the use this huge
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  robust, Space X LR 11,000 crane for additional support to the
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  tanks during these alterations, and they've ensure that the
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  vehicle is primed for testing for this next flame.
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  Now, I'll pod completing the necessary modifications, the
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  engineers, remove the crane and freed the flaps.
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  In the stage, was set for the spin, Prime test on June 14th,
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  where propellants were loaded on to the ship.
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  Now this process simulates, the startup sequence of the entrance
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  spinning, the engine oxidizer pumped full power - actually
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  igniting the engines. Now, this sequence is expected
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  to repeat several times before moving on to the static fire
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  tests. And if all goes according to
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  plan, the ship's engines should soon get the green light for
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  flight an important marker on the path to the second
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  integrated test flight. However, even the most well
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  tested spacecraft needs a solid launch pad to blast off from And
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  the first integrated test flight left, its Mark or a giant hole
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  under the olm due to the immense power of the super heavy booster
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  7s. 30 engines during liftoff, three of them didn't start
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  during the left off and left with a significant crater to
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  fill in. Reinforce the SpaceX team has
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  been hard at work for defying the ground.
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  The past two months have seen the hole covered and
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  reinforcements have been introduced deep into the soil to
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  strengthen the lon Each pad recently a significant about a
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  rebar has been installed underneath the olm.
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  Now, once this stage is complete, which should be pretty
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  soon, a convoy of concrete trucks will be ushered in to
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  fill. In this void in this will be
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  followed by the placement of the water-cooled steel plates.
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  Over the fresh concrete, providing additional support and
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  anchoring points of these plates are currently under construction
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  near the propellant. Production site, also known as
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  the Sanchez site. Now, the design Calls for about
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  six plates to be installed between the olm columns with
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  half designated support large water, manifolds transported
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  from Florida earlier this year. And of those two are nearing
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  completion. While the third is still, in the
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  works. SpaceX is no stranger to the
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  lime line in the buzz around. This upcoming test flight has
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  been growing. The company recently, conducted
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  an engine test with ship 25 at Starbase revealing the results
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  in a tweet. They said ship 25 completed of
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  flight like chilled and spin of the Raptor engine pumps stopping
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  just before engine ignition. There's another procedure that
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  they must embark on. In order to get this ship
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  flight-ready. It's known as a static fire
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  test. It's a standard pre-launch tests
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  where the engines are briefly ignited.
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  While the vehicle remains grounded, it offers a critical
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  glimpse into the operational Readiness of the engines, laying
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  the groundwork for the spacecrafts eventual launch and
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  the Starship is absolutely massive.
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  It's around 400 feet tall. The upper stage is about 150 to
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  160 feet tall and the lower stage is about 250 to 300 feet
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  tall. Both the designed for
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  reusability powered by SpaceX has Next Generation, Raptor.
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  Two engines know this upcoming second, test flight, featuring
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  ship 25. And super-heavy booster
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  prototype 9 aims to replicate and build upon the goals of the
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  first flight test. If everything goes according
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  Bingley and Regulatory obstacles.
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  Don't interfere. We could see the second
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  integrated test flight as little as six to eight weeks out from
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  right now. And if you're interested in more
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  SpaceX news, please head over to our YouTube channel at space
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  news pod and you can get all the latest space news in video form
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  over there. Now, also, if you like the show,
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  I want to say thank you for subscribing or following on
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  I really do appreciate the support.
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  And also So, please take care of yourselves and each other and
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  I'll see you in the next one.