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