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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 
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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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