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Hey everybody, welcome back to 
the Elon Musk Podcast. 

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This is a show where we discuss 
the critical Crossroads, The 

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Shape, SpaceX, Tesla X, The 
Boring Company, and Neuralink, 

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and I'm your host, Will Walden. 
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There's a link in the show notes
Starship testing is advancing at

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Starbase and now SpaceX is 
eyeing a possible third test 

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flight in March pending 
successful pre flight tests and 

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also engineer approvals. 
Now recent activities including 

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the delivery of crucial 
components for the Rockets 

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flight termination system or the
FTS signal this process. 

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Now the FTS is essential for 
safely aborting the flight if 

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anomalies occur. 
Now the installation of the FTS,

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which is a standard safety 
feature for large rockets, 

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involves placing explosives on 
the rocket to enable its 

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destruction mid air if 
necessary. 

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Now these systems are installed 
closer to the launch date due to

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their limited lifespan. 
Now, the movement of the second 

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stage Starship to the test pad 
in Boca Chica hints at the 

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preparation for this upcoming 
test flight. 

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Now the test pad known for 
conducting static fire tests, 

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might soon witness such a test 
of the starship's second stage. 

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Now there might be another 
static fire and static fire 

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tests are critical for assessing
the rocket's readiness for 

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launch. 
Now the Super heavy booster, 

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which is the bottom part of the 
Starship has been moved back 

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into the High Bay. 
It utilizes 33 Raptor engines 

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which are designed for 
atmospheric conditions. 

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The second stage, the Starship, 
is equipped with engines 

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optimized for the vacuum of 
space. 

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Now, a new launch site for 
Starship is being considered to 

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support Elon Musk's ambition to 
increase the launch frequency of

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the Mars bound rocket. 
The proposed site at Cape 

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Canaveral, FL is part of 
Spacex's plans to establish a 

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global network of launchpads for
interplanetary travel and 

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eventually people living on 
Mars. 

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Now Starship, which is about 120
meters tall when fully 

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assembled, is the largest rocket
ever built, capable of 

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delivering about 100,000 
kilograms to low Earth orbit. 

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Its development and launches are
currently based at Starbase 

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Facility in Boca Chica, Texas, 
but the proposal for the new 

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launch site at Cape Canaveral 
involves taking over SLC 37 

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launchpad, which is a site with 
historic significance from the 

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1960s used for the Saturn One 
and 1B rockets. 

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X plans to adapt this site for 
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and landing operation. 
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Additionally, plans are underway
for another Starship launchpad 

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at the Starbase facility, and 
Elon Musk confirmed the 

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development of a new launch 
tower equipped with robot 

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chopsticks aimed at catching the
booster rocket post launch, 

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highlighting the importance of 
having multiple launch towers 

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for continuous operations in 
Texas and in Florida now in 

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2021. 
Now all the way back in 2021, 

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Elon Musk announced plans to 
repurpose diffused oil rigs into

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Starship launch platforms, 
naming them after Mars Moons, 

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Damos, and Phobos. 
They've since decommissioned 

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these platforms and now they're 
focusing on land based launches.

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The upcoming third major 
Starship launch is planned to be

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an uncrewed flight from Texas to
Hawaii, completing a 90 minute 

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journey around the Earth. 
This follows two previous 

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attempts that ended 
unsuccessfully shortly after 

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takeoff, with no confirmation 
date yet for the third attempt. 

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Now also, let's step back a 
little bit to the FTS. 

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It's a critical component 
installed on both the booster 

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and the spacecraft. 
Now during IFT One they use the 

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FTS, the flight Termination 
system to blow up the booster 

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and also the ship and this is 
due to the stages not separating

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and power loss on the engine and
then it led to the destruction 

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of the rocket. 
Now the second test flight saw 

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improvements though was 
successful. 

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Detonation of the first stages 
FTS after separation it was 

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during the kickback burn at the 
2nd stages. 

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FTS also function as intended 
during its coast phase, although

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SpaceX has been reserved about 
the details of that part of the 

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test. 
Just recently, heavy duty 

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explosives or for the FTS have 
been sent to Starbase. 

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These deliveries indicate the 
ongoing operations for the next 

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test flight, and it shows that 
they will be launching somewhat 

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soon. 
The ongoing preparations for the

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Starship's third test flight, 
including the installation of 

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the FTS, static fire tests, 
stacking, unstacking, moving the

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booster back to the Bay, and 
also moving the ship off to the 

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pad. 
It's a critical step. 

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All these are critical steps 
towards the next launch, IFT 3 

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of Starship, as part of Spacex's
broader efforts to advance human

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civilization to become a multi 
planet species. 

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