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SpaceX's Starship Soars in First Test Flight, Ends in Midair Explosion · Elon Musk Podcast

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  technology, space exploration. And the Visionary Endeavors of
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  spacex's founder and CEO, Elon Musk.
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  And in today's episode, we'll be discussing the groundbreaking
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  test flight of spacex's Starship system, which includes a
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  super-heavy booster booster 7 and the Starship upper stage
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  ship 24. Now this ambitious test flight
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  showcase the system's impressive capabilities of a Make the push,
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  the boundaries of Rocket engineering setting a new record
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  for thrust and testing the structural Integrity of both the
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  ship ship 24. And booster.
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  Seven will explore the various stages of this historic test
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  flight including the successful endurance of Max Q.
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  The Innovative plan for booster recovery and also the ultimate
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  goal of revolutionising space travel through the rapid
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  turnaround times and sustainable space exploration of the
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  Starships. System.
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  A join us as we take a dive into the challenges.
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  Faced during the test flight, the invaluable insights gained
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  at the potential impact of this system on the future of space
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  travel. Now, the Starship system,
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  booster 7-inch ship 24, it's a groundbreaking test flight.
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  That happened today in this challenge is the limits of
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  Rocket technology SpaceX and it's Relentless pursuit of
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  revolutionising space travel recently conducted an ambitious.
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  Test flight for its Starship system.
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  Now, aiming to push the boundaries of Rocket
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  engineering, the test flight. Showcased, The Staggering
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  capabilities are the Starship system.
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  While overcoming numerous technical challenges to get it
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  into the air, the test flight started with the pre-launch
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  cooling of the 33 Raptor engines on booster 7 now at T minus 16
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  seconds or 16 minutes and 40 seconds.
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  Small amount of propellant flow through the engines.
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  Gradually, reducing their temper.
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  Archer to prevent thermal shock and potential damage to the
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  intricate components within. And this cautious procedure
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  mirrors the cooling approach taken with the tank farm, and
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  propellant loading systems at Starbase Texas.
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  And as the countdown progressed T minus, 47 seconds, Mark the
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  beginning of the fluid interfaces vent down sequence.
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  This crucial step involve venting any remaining.
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  Propellant from the lines, connecting the booster in the
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  ship quick, quick. Disconnect the qds to minimize
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  damage during liftoff at T-minus eight seconds, the Raptor engine
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  startup sequence, commenced in the 33, Raptor two engines,
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  ignited, in a staggered manner before ramping up to flight
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  thrust levels. Now, for this test flight, the
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  edges were initially limited to around 90 percent thrust.
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  And despite the Restriction, booster 7 broke records by
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  generating an astounding 67. 8,000, kilonewtons of thrust
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  surpassing the Soviet Union's N1 rocket, which held the previous
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  record. It 45 thousand four hundred
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  kilonewtons of thrust. Now with the hold-down clamps
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  released booster 7 and ship, 24, lifted off from the pad, it T.
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  Minus 0 simultaneously, the ship QT, arm responsible for fueling
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  ship 24, this engaged and retracted to avoid damage from
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  the departing rocket. And it's exhaust.
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  Now as the full stack began, its gravity turn the vehicle, clear?
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  The tower and pitched down range toward the Gulf of Mexico and
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  booster seven experience. The loss of five to six Raptor
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  engines during the first stage Ascent but successfully endured
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  Max Q. This is the period of peak
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  aerodynamic stress around 55 seconds.
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  After liftoff at this Milestone tested, the structural Integrity
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  of both 24 and and booster seven.
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  Now unfortunately, though the vehicle began to spin and was
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  ultimately destroyed by the flight termination system,
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  despite the premature end, the test flight provided invaluable
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  insights into the performance of the Starship system.
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  Now in a hypothetical full mission, profile booster 7 would
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  have continued burning until around the t plus 2 minutes and
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  49 seconds Mark at which point all 33 engines would have.
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  Down four booster engine cutoff. The vehicle would have then been
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  at an altitude of approximately 64 kilometers or 40 miles up and
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  climbing rapidly ship. 24 would have separated from booster, 74
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  seconds. Later coasting away from the
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  booster for five seconds before igniting.
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  It's six wrapped or two engines. Now this ambitious test flight
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  was designed without the intention of placing ship 24 in
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  a stable orbit. Now instead the Engines have
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  what a fire. Just short of full orbital
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  insertion. Sending the spacecraft on a
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  trajectory to re-enter over the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.
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  Now, meanwhile, booster 7 would have flipped around just after
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  stage separation in reignited. Its inner 13 engines for What's
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  called the Boost back burn, which would have occurred a
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  little over three minutes after liftoff.
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  Now, this burn would have lasted about 55 seconds.
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  Directing the booster towards a splash Down in the Gulf of
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  Mexico, roughly 19 miles off the Texas coast.
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  Now, unlike the Falcon 9 though booster 7 wasn't designed to
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  perform an entry burn as the stainless steel construction
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  offers great temperature resistance compared to the
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  aluminum used in Falcon 9 instead, booster 7 would have
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  relied on its for grid, fins for orientation and steering towards
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  the targeted, Landing zone of the Gulf of Mexico.
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  Now, the vehicle was expected to go.
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  Go transonic around seven and a half minutes after liftoff with
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  a final Landing burn. Starting around 10 seconds later
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  at this Landing burn lasting approximately 23 seconds would
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  have used the boosters three innermost engines, bring you the
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  booster to an impact speed of about eight point five
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  milliseconds which is 19 miles per second.
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  Sorry 19 mph upon hitting the water.
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  The water and 10 seconds after Splashdown boost.
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  Seven would have tipped over onto its side in the event.
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  That the tip over did not cause the vehicle to break apart vent.
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  Veils on both propellant tanks, would have opened to allow water
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  to flood the vehicle sinking. It intentionally, they don't
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  plan to recover those now. SpaceX is ultimate goal is to
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  fly super heavy boosters, back to the launch site and use the
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  massive Chopsticks mounted on the launch Tower to catch the
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  boosters as they come in for a landing.
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  Now, this Innovative approach could enable Turnaround times
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  for the boosters as no recovery assets would be needed in the
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  vehicles could be placed directly back onto the launch
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  Mount shortly after landing. Now, assuming ship 24 had
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  reached engine cutoff, it would have coasted for slightly over
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  an hour. And during this time, the
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  vehicle would have vented all, but nearly 14, tons of
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  propellant, that's 10, tons of locks liquid oxygen and four
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  tons of CH4 And to maintain the correct amount of ballast during
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  re-entry. That would have happened if the
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  vehicle had survived. The nearly 10 minute long
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  re-entry, phase shift 24 would have gone, transcending, just
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  under 1 & a half hours after lifting off from Starbase for
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  this test flight don't recovery. Attempt would have been made for
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  ship 24. Unlike booster 7 ship 24 would
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  not have performed a landing burn.
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  It was expected to impact the ocean at terminal velocity.
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  Approximately one and a half hours after liftoff, had the
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  mission progressed that far. Unfortunately, they did have to
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  terminate the flight with the flight termination system over
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  the Gulf of Mexico and they lost both the booster and the ship
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  during this flame. Now, despite the challenges
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  faced during the test flight, the data in the experience,
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  gained from the event will contribute to the development of
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  future Starship missions with each new test.
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  Each new booster, each new ship, SpaceX takes one step closer to
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  transforming space travel, making the dream of affordable,
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  huge space, travel, huge, Rockets affordable, and
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  sustainable for the future of all humankind.