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Drum roll, please! (Patreon)

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2021-08-10 16:50:03
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 This is Episode 178! Early and Ad-Free for supporters!


After a short but needed hiatus, we're back stronger than ever! And oh my God, there's been a lot going on in the space industry lately!   Enjoy and thank you soooo much for all your support!

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Ep178 [Ad-Free] First SpaceX Starship & Super Heavy stacked in preparation for orbital flight!

Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/felix - Enter promo code FELIX for 83% off and 3 extra months for FREE! Today we’ll take a detailed look at the most significant milestone at SpaceX’s Starship factory yet. Starship 20 and booster 4 have been stacked at the orbital launch site, including 35 Raptor engines, and SpaceX is in the final preparations towards the orbital launch! Let's find out! RGV Aerial Photography - Become a Flight-Supporter! https://www.patreon.com/RGVaerial Credit: ⭐SpaceX ⭐NASA ⭐RGV Aerial Photography on Twitter: @RGVaerialphotos RGV Aerila Photography on YouTube: @RGV Aerial Photography ⭐Mary on Twitter: @bocachicagal ⭐LabPadre on Twitter: @Labpadre ⭐LabPadre on YouTube: @LabPadre ⭐https://www.nasaspaceflight.com ⭐Nick Henning on Twitter: @NickHenning3D ⭐Cosmic Perspective on Twitter: @considercosmos ⭐Cosmic Perspective on YouTube: @Cosmic Perspective ⭐Tony Bela on Twitter: @InfographicTony ⭐ErcX on Twitter: @ErcXspace ⭐SpaceX 3D Creation Eccentric on Twitter: @Bl3D_Eccentric ⭐SpaceX 3D Creation Eccentric on YouTube: @Spacex 3D Creation Eccentric ⭐Ocean Cam on Twitter: @obetraveller ⭐Ocean Cam on YouTube: @Ocean Cam ⭐Alex Svan on Twitter: @alexsvanart ⭐Caspar Stanley on Twitter: @Caspar_Stanley ⭐Neopork on Twitter: @Neopork85 ⭐Corey on Twitter: @C_Bass3d Editing: Brian Klug Starman animations by Tashanimation Thumbnail: @bocachicagal - Nasaspaceflight.com ✔️Merchandise Store: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/whataboutit/ ✔️Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/whataboutit ✔️WAI Spotify Playlist: https://spoti.fi/39tmULH ✔️Get a Tesla: https://ts.la/felix20632 ✔️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/What-about-it-397707840962474 ✔️Twitter: @FelixSchlang ✔️My Camera: https://amzn.to/3xYn2wm ✔️My Microphone: https://amzn.to/3tGmAPZ ✔️My lighting: https://amzn.to/2RMR1Xo ✔️My tripod: https://amzn.to/2RcNeTt 📄Links for this Episode: https://www.spacex.com https://www.spacex.com/starship

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Anonymous

Wow, I knew what this stacking meant, but to hear it from somebody "for the first time (...) humanity is able of building an interplanetary transport system" really got a vibe :D

Anonymous

Glad you’re back. I’m a new subscriber and love your enthusiasm. I don’t know whether this is the right forum for this but… it suddenly struck me after your comment about SX using a Russian idea for the fins. That’s the core of SpaceX. Back in the old Cold War days when Russian tech may been at its peak, we got a look at a Soviet Foxbat 25 for the first time. We discovered that they were geniuses about knowing where they need high precision and also knowing where good enough was good enough. Imagine a capitalistic entrepreneur who does just that to fulfill a dream.

Bill Colbert

You say :There's been a lot going on in the space industry ...". Not really, except SpaceX. Everyone else seems to be napping while SpaceX has reached Warp 5!!

Anonymous

Glad to have you back Felix you Rock!

Anonymous

Thanks Felix and Welcome Back 👍

Steve Ehrmann

Thanks, Felix. Notes for next time - crossing the much-debated Karman line is symbolic but functionally what's defining is achieving orbital velocity parallel to the surface of the earth. Also, like you, I was gobsmacked to see the stack for the first time. But it wasn't historic, just a fit test. It's my impression that the engine plumbing wasn't completely hooked up, either. We can just glory in what this is: something that, to date, no one has ever seen before.

Steve Ehrmann

A question for your team: The Angry Astronaut has suggested a disturbing analogy with the Soviet N-1. When the N-1 blew up shortly after lifting off, the blast radius was huge. In his interview with Tim Dodd, Elon said it would be a win if the stack lifted off and didn't destroy "Stage 0" in the process. So a low altitude destruction is possible. What kind of damage might a methalox conflagration/explosion cause? That's part of what the FAA is looking into; this isn't just useless bureaucratic stalling. So what can you all discover about what might happen to, say, Brownsville TX if a Starship detonated at low altitude?

Anonymous

The Saturn V had only 3,300 tons of thrust at liftoff? Apollo 15 had 7.5 million pounds of thrust divided amongst five engines. Please explain?