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SpaceX Starship Launch Scrub + New Launch Day · Elon Musk Podcast

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  Hi everybody and welcome back to the Elon Musk podcast.
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  I'm your host will Weldon. And I'll today's episode, we're
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  going to be talking about spacex's Starship rocket.
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  Now this is a highly anticipated.
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  Launch That was supposed to happen today, but it got
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  scrubbed. For one reason.
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  It has been called off today, due to a pressure issue with the
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  massive super heavy booster engine ears, attempted to
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  troubleshoot the problem, but with the countdown clock showing
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  less than 10 minutes remaining, the launch was officially
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  scrubbed by SpaceX and SpaceX engineer, John Innes Brucker
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  stated that the team would work to determine when the next
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  launch attempt could be made. In addition to the
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  pressurization issue, John said that there's a possibility that
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  they could launch within two days.
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  Elon Musk actually tweeted about it and said there is a 48-hour
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  turnaround time for this kind of engineering problem.
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  Now Starship which sits atop a super-heavy booster is covered
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  with Really 20,000 hexagonal black tiles and they're designed
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  is heat shields to protect the spacecraft as it re-enters
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  Earth's atmosphere after the flight That was supposed to
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  happen. These tiles are only applied to
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  one side of the Starship is the vehicle re-enters.
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  Horizontally with the tiles coating its belly.
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  Now, this is important because when the Starship takes off,
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  there's a possibility that these hexagonal black tiles could fall
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  off the ship. That's because the rumbling of
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  the super-heavy booster and the friction is caused by the
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  atmosphere. And this actually has happened
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  before with the space shuttle. If you remember now, this
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  Starship launch. It was supposed to happen today.
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  It's a huge significant Milestone not only for SpaceX
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  but also for the United States. Government's ambition for human
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  space. Exploration Masa is awarded
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  SpaceX contracts and options worth several billions of
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  dollars to use Starship to Or it NASA astronauts to the Moon
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  Under the Artemis program. Now, however, SpaceX is history
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  of embracing, mistakes, mishaps explosions, these all, refine it
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  spacecraft designs and means that the pressure is not solely
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  on the inaugural test flight That was supposed to happen.
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  Today, Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX has set expectations low
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  for the Starship launch stating that getting far enough away
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  from the launch pad before. Something goes wrong.
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  Would be considered a Success. Now SpaceX has been testing
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  Starship designed for years at a Spaceport near Brownsville,
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  Texas on the u.s. Mexico border.
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  The company started with brief. Sort of hop tests of early
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  spacecraft does this Thames and prototypes before evolving to
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  how you altitude flight tests, many of which resulted in
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  dramatic explosions is the company attempted to land the
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  craft upright. Like their Falcon 9 rocket sin
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  in May 20 21, a suborbital, flight test ended in success,
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  And they landed perfectly super-heavy booster which houses
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  33 Raptor two engines designed to carry the Starship
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  spacecraft. During launch has also been in
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  development in this time when fully stacked the Starship,
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  which sits Atop The super-heavy booster stands around 400 feet
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  tall. Now, while the weather is always
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  a determining factor in a launch, several other
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  considerations must be taken into account before.
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  Starship can be cleared for takeoff Engineers must Monitor
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  data from the rocket throughout the morning and any issues
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  detected could trigger a scrub at any time.
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  And even in the final moments before liftoff onboard,
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  computers and II could detect a problem and halt, the launch.
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  Now despite today's setback vocals and Spectators around the
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  world eagerly await the rescheduled launch of SpaceX is
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  Starship. Now for those in Texas South
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  Padre Island offers an amazing viewing location while
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  Spectators in Hawaii. You may also be able to see the
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  Starship spacecraft effort as it re-enters Earth's atmosphere.
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  You can check it out from Florida as well.
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  If you're in the south coast of Florida you may be able to see
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  this Starship launches. Well that was SpaceX Works to
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  address the pressure issue with a super-heavy booster and clear
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  other things from the launch cycle, anticipation is building
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  for the Starship eventual Journey towards an orbital
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  flight test. It's almost orbital, it's pretty
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  close. And with the Potential to
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  revolutionize, space travel and exploration.
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  The Starship launch is a huge milestone and it'll be
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  remembered for years. And it's important that SpaceX
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  get this right the first time. Because if something were to
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  happen on the pad on the Launchpad for the Starship, it
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  could set SpaceX back. Six months.
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  Maybe a year to rebuild all of this systems in the orbital
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  launch Mount. It's a custom launch Mount.
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  There was built specifically for this rocket.
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  So they would have to possibly rebuild the whole thing and it
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  could take a long time. Now, Falcon heavy, this is
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  another rocket that SpaceX has it held the title for the most
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  powerful rocket before the NASA SLS rocket took flight last year
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  in Ilan said it only had a 50-50 chance of succeeding.
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  He jokingly told CNN at the time people came from all around the
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  world to see what will either be a great rocket launch or the
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  best fireworks display they've ever.
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  Ever seen the Falcon heavy launch proved to be a huge
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  success. Now, the stakes are high for
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  Starships, Maiden flight and is crucial.
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  Not only for SpaceX has further growth, but it's also important
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  to get people to the moon for the Artemis 3 mission safely.
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  And if SpaceX can conduct itself and can do this launched
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  properly, they'll show NASA and they'll show the world that
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  Starship is capable of A perfect proper launch and possible
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  Landing. So we're going to be doing with
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  this Starship. The booster is going to go into
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  the Gulf of Mexico and while it's above the Gulf of Mexico
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  with a Starship on top of it, the two will separate in the
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  Starship will continue up for its orbital flight test.
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  And the booster will flip in midair and boost back, it will
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  use some of its booster fuel to boost back towards the Gulf of
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  Mexico Landing site. And then it'll flip vertical and
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  they're going to be attempting a soft launch or a soft Landing.
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  I'm sorry. In the Gulf of Mexico.
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  It's going to be incredible. Now, with the Artemis program,
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  they have to make sure that the Starship itself is capable of
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  surviving the launched, by itself, clearing the pad
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  clearing into the Gulf of Mexico.
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  And then separating from the booster.
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  Now, this is also just the Girl flight.
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  So this is a test flight, this isn't going to have people in
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  it. This may not even have Cargo in
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  it. There was nothing said by SpaceX
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  that there's any sort of cargo within the Starship itself.
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  So there's a possibility, it's an empty Starship and they don't
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  want to lose anything of importance for this.
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  Inaugural flight now is SpaceX prepares for the reschedule
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  launch though. The company will no doubt be
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  taking every precaution to ensure safety.
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  And for the success of For this flight.
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  Now, as musk is emphasized, numerous times setbacks and
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  failures are all part of the development process for Starship
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  in a SpaceX continues to push the boundaries of space,
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  exploration, the lessons learned, and the data gathered
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  from every single launch attempt of the Starship, whether
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  successful or not will contribute to the development of
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  or Advanced and reliable Starships in the future.
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  And those eager to witness this missed this history-making
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  Launch SpaceX will be providing a live stream of the rescheduled
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  launch. It is possible.
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  It could happen on the 19th of April, while it may not be
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  possible for spectators around the world to catch live views of
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  the Rock in Flay. The live stream looks absolutely
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  incredible. So Starship launched its highly
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  anticipated. It's a huge milestone for SpaceX
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  and the space industry as a whole and today Scrub may have
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  been disappointing too many but it serves as a, reminder of the
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  complexities involved in sending a spacecraft into orbit,
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  especially something this huge and it's SpaceX Works to
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  resolve. The pressure issue with a
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  super-heavy booster and they clear the pad.
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  Again, anticipation continues to build for the next launch
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  attempt on possibly the nineteenth of April in this will
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  potentially revolutionize all space travel, all space
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  exploration and it will be a historic moment.
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  So I I urge you to please tune into spacex's YouTube channel to
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  witness this for yourself. Thanks for listening to the Elon
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