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SpaceX have achieved some incredible engineering feats over the last few years, and now they have announced another ambitious idea to make rockets more reusable. This video looks at how and why SpaceX will try to catch the enormous Super Heavy booster.
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Hi
I think only time will tell
it is uploaded 2 minutes ago but why are your comments says 3 hrs ago?
How did you write this 3 hours ago
@@alvingultom2802 I have no idea
Land on the engines, the true Kerbal way.
Who needs landing gears, right?
@@honglianglim8637 if it’s the true kerbal way, who even needs to land
Ew, a youtube bot
Just land it in the ocean and then recover it
@@thatoneguy611 if its the true kerbal way get your astronaut to space and blow everything else up
The imagery of the Falcon Heavy side cores landing simultaneously still gives me goosebumps to this day.
As it should friend, as it should.
Just wait n see when the graphics and special effects improve!
@@spacexsays3227 Lmao you’re one of these people who don’t believe in space travel? So what about the people who watch these launches live and the thousands of phone recordings from different angles?
@@spacexsays3227 The idea of the earth being flat is about as stupid as it comes in 2020. I mean philosophers have had the understanding of the earth being a globe for thousands of years and it’s been generally accepted for hundreds. Now that we have satellites in orbit and the ISS it’s just common fact we live on a globe. Here’s my question though, if the earth is truly flat why would every country in the world, including countries that hate each other all agree to keep it a secret the earth is flat? What do they have to gain, same reason if the moon landings were staged why didn’t the Soviet’s call out the Americans when they only lose by pretending the US got to the moon?
@@maclain728 Logic doesn't work with a flat earther. Only Emotion.
At this point reality is just Elon Musk's personal sandbox game.
This will work if they have upwind wind sensors say 100m and 50 m upwind of landing pad. so that the booster can calculate exactly how much it will drift in the wind. Wind prediction is key to the precision here. I cant understand why they do not do it landing planes...
@Roland Fenet breh
@@sergei4440 because a plane cannot re adjust like a booster
True...
Ksp realism over haul
6:21 "too powerful to hover" SpaceX suffering from success
This is a good one....
It's more like, your car has no neutral gear, but must maintain a certain engine rpm to stay running, so you can never stop with the engine on, you must always drift forward.
@@SomeDudeInBaltimore ok
@@SomeDudeInBaltimore ok
@@SomeDudeInBaltimore ok
engineers:uff that was hard, we didnt expect it to work MusK:Hi guys, i had a new idea engineers:aggh shit, here we go again
lol no. more like; 'Holy shit, you are joking right? are we actually allowed to engineer something that epic?'
Elon Musk is chief engineer of spacex. so it will be more like "shit here i go again"
LOL Lowkey feels like Senku from Dr Stone if y'all watch or read it already.
I bet they shudder when he says that he has a new idea !!
@@MCaquaculinaris I mean yeah but pretty sure his team still does basically all of the laborious calculating and simulating and testing and designing etc. for him. That's kind of what it means to be "chief" of anything.
Blue origin: We have the best way of landing rockets. SpaceX: Hold my liquid methane.
Blue origin aint landed shit. Toy rockets dont count.
they are slow as hell
Blue origin might be the best at landing rockets. Now they only have to workout how to make the rocket fly off the launch pad first.
How is Blue Origin the best at landing rockets? They have a toy rocket that hovers and it is still less precise than Falcon9 booster
@@ThatSB it's sacasm
I feel like it will be just like when they landed the boosters - once we see it in action, it'll start seeming less crazy. Once we actually see what their system for doing it is, I bet it'll seem much more feasible.
Its not that crazy. People don't picture it hovering. Itll look like a blue origin booster
@@ThatSB The thing is BO booster hovers and still doesn't land dead center like a Falcon 9 rocket. I really have concerns on how the New Glenn rocket will perform when it flies this year. Well they said 2021. Let's hope they keep up to their word.
@Roland Fenet ok??
You know what's gonna be creazy? The sound when all engines of superheavy gonna head upwards
@@braeeee_ ok??
I sure hope they do this and they will
It's Elon, what u think. Ofc they will 😁
So capturing a heavy rocket on precise surface and land it from yards away from the ground. I say we are progressing that’s all if we can do that!
I'm sure they do this and succeed
I think he will do it if the Special effects and graphics improve.
They will! Elon does what he says
8:30 "will allow superheavy to be as light as possible" .. gotta love that sentence :P
When u lower maus weitgh by 50% Superhegth
@@Zie-Zwei They called super heavy fat
Its crazy that we are gonna get this before gta 6
I give up any hope that I got another gta game in this century.
SpaceX has the most advanced look on their rockets while the background looks like from the 1900's
Same mistake when they picked the F-35
A very ‘catchy’ idea. Elon mustn’t let this slip through his fingers. Nor palm it off as ludicrous. I must hand it to him.
w h y
Humor. A play on words. Are you English ??
Ah... You just caught my attention, so I'll hand you a like
@@Andre.Dollenberg Several plays to be precise.
@@chrismoule7242 😎
"it is clear that we are witnessing history being made..." and I'm glad I'm living in it 😎👍
alsso we are witnessing earth being destroyed and no one. wants to talk about it
@@nothingspecial9370 yeah for that reason we have reduce the population of humans and send them to Mars via SpaceX tech.
@@JohnWick_897 bro there is no offence for any space agencies..... Their works are very respected atleast by me.
Engineers: It is impossible. Elon: Well if it is impossible let's try it out anyway just to be sure. Edit: Coming back to this, Elon sure is an asshole. Damn do I regret my Elon stanning days.
Engineers: confused look when it works. Elon:😎
Elon: no, it’s necessary
Take it from an engineer : we never say "it's impossible". Our motto is "it can be done but it's going to be more expensive."
@@James42_ Interstellar theme starts playing
Elon: _youre_ impossible
We had the moon landing in 1969, but even 10 years ago the thought of a reusable rocket seemed impossible. The Falcon Heavy boosters landing together a few years ago is probably as amazing as the moon landing. Now, they have many reused boosters, 9 missions on one is the highest
15 now!!!
No, it is nowhere NEAR as amazing as the Moon landing. Amazing yes, but not on par with that. Let me guess......you were not alive for the moon landing. People were CRYING as the flag was planted.
"Maybe they will try in a few years." Elon in august 2021: let's catch our first ever flying booster
really hope starship will be reuseable not 'refurbish'-able
yep...truly reusable in hour
That's gonna be hard for the Starship portion at first because parts of the heat shield melt from the high friction re-entry. Reusing a starship that has a faulty heat shield will bring back the Columbia tragedy. The booster portion will definitely be easier to reuse, but I will give it another 5 years for SpaceX to work out the kinks.
@@jg5001 The booster doesn't have a heat shield. It does not sustain the heat retention of an orbital re-entry. It is sub-orbital when it returns.
@@otpyrcralphpierre1742 I had to reword it for others to understand I'm talking about the Starship using the heat shield, not the booster.
@@jg5001 That's okay. Plenty of controversy without misunderstandings. BTW, The Starship won't be caught...IT has heat shields and landing legs. Who knows if That will change....
I don’t think you’ll have to wait a few years. As of Jan2021, they’re already working in the second booster prototype. I would be surprised if they don’t start testing them this year, even if they have to put legs on the first few until the build the launch / landing tower. They also bought two floating or semisubmersible drilling platforms to modify into sea launch platforms. They must not sleep! Lol.
remember, their dead line is 2022 so they don't have much time I think we'll see super heavy fly in the next 4 months or so
The only thing that's delaying and wasting all the hard work of engineers is flight delays
Well ... As of August 2021 I guess we can say that you were right
I thought the same as you back then, but didn't account that they'll need a full year to make the tower with grabbing hand.
Presented very well, clear descriptions and explanations of what is going on. Thank you, Steve
When I clicked on this I didn’t ask myself why , I asked myself "How?”
......when the special effects improve. That's how.
@@spacexsays3227 bot, you are in every comment section saying the same thing. Literally, thousands of people watched the landing with their own eyes.
@@rickmartony9566 don’t feed the troll!
and the 'WHY" still lingers. egos and billions. bad combo. even good pot doesn't slow him down.
It's cute watching this video a year later and discovering what they got right and knowing what the tower looks like in reality and not just wild computer animations. 😜 these old videos are part of the history we are all living through.
This is great! Keep up the great work Primal!!!
Yoooooooo! This chanel blew up!!! I remember watching a couple of very early videos when the chanel had a few thousand subscribers. Happy to see you are doing great!
Elon Musk: Landing a booster is easy, lets catch it!
This is a pretty crazy time to be alive! Especially to be young! Who knows the shit they'll be doing in 50 years!
1st relevant (hovering, absorbtion etc) explanation of this techology, thanx !
Thank you so much for having that bar beneath for us to tell how long the add will last, I truly appreciate it.
No one: Not a single soul: SpaceX in the future: 'How not to catch a Super Heavy booster.'
The cable option seems like the most forgiving in that the target area is larger, and the cables stretching would be a natural shock absorber. If it works the next gen Falcon 9 could do the same.
My Kids: Daddy daddy! Look! Space X invented landing first stage! Me: Do not cite the deep magic to me witch, I was there when it was written
This is just amazing 😍 Keep it up! Thank you!
excellent work on this video! stayed engaging throughout.
That's a really good text to speech bot you're using.
Ikr
yeah its crazy
*he's using a text to speech bot?*
@@slavicnonatho8062 i don't think so.
Are you sure? I thought it was a human reading from a teleprompter.
Everytime spacex makes a substantial change to the design I at first think they shouldn't and that I don't like it but after a few days I see that it is such a good idea and then I really like it. Already changed my mind since when the idea was proposed. Can't wait to see it XD
Video was more balanced and informative than I expected. Nice.
Amazingly insightful video.
My guy uploaded again 💯💯
U are...a.. DUCK!!!! Ruuun
elon musk after catching: ok ,umm......let's put battery regenerators on shock absorbers Tesla: battery 400% capacity🎉
Thanks for the thorough and easy to understand presentation.
Amazing and informative video as always!
It's like being in a video game. All graphics, cartoons, cgi, special effects. Nothing real.
"wait a few more years for space x to attempt this idea" buddy, i dont think you realize this is space x
“Primal Space” More like Primal SpaceX
I'm not complaining
Blame it on spacex for its scientific advances
spacex just does everything better cheaper and most importantly, faster. there’s no way to do weekly videos on blue orgin right now
Can't blame him. News about other companies are far and few between, while SpaceX be breaking 1 milestone every 3 days.
Let's be honest, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic are not match for SpaceX
Thanks for your videos🙏
Really amazing And Informative video Loved. It👍❤️ keep making Such Space x Starship videos i Love them👍
Everyone: it's impossible Engineer: it's not impossible it's a challenge 💪💪💪
There is one simple lesson in all of this: Never underestimate Elon Musk!
yep, he can always bring more and more stupid ideas
@@luigeribeiro They're stupid till they're not
Elon Musk doesn't have stupid ideas. Reusable rockets, brain machine interfaces, electric self-driving cars, erasing traffic from the face of the earth, flamethrowers and the list goes on...do i even need to elaborate?
I have never underestimated any CGI, Cartoons, Special effects or CGI. It keeps on improving. I'm sure you agree.
@@PresidentialWinner why did you use Oxford comma 😔
THANK YOU for this amazing and educational video! 💙💙💙 SpaceX 💙💙💙
Excellent Report!
I pray everyone reading this becomes successful in life
Cheers 🍻
Not only successful but the most happy healthy and satisfied by things like rockets and space or something else
Cheers dude
Godspeed, everyone o7
Thank you
This stuff really gets me excited
Excited over cartoons, cgi and special effects? I just hope you get a partner that is real and not fantasy.
@@spacexsays3227 Not about the cgi but about the fact that this could become reality
And of course I know it's not gonna look exactly like this in real life and that these ideas are still in a very early stage
@@MrEagle2704-OFFICIAL ........spoiler alert!!!....I'm sorry Eagle but it is all Fakery. But please don't tell the kids. The Tooth Fairy was the starter, Santa was the Main, and Space Travel was for the grown-ups if they didn't realize by that time. Sorry to burst your bubble. Don't fell bad about yourself. You'll enjoy watching and reading all the strong-hold followers comments from now on and see who is and who isn't deep into the Space Travel belief. So join me in this hilarious venture into people imaginations and watch them make fools of themselves.
@@spacexsays3227because they’re the one making a fool of themselves and not the attention seeking troll in an otherwise normal comment section
Great video,keep it up.!
I love that phrase, "...next evolution of crazy space ideas"! You've got to absolutely love what SpaceX has done, pushing the envelope and making it dramatically less expensive in material, labor and other fabrication costs. I wish them continued great success. Orion may speed up their development now that Jeff has begun to concentrate his attention as well as resources on it, and they'll benefit from what SpaceX has learned, so more power to them, as well. Two private corporations in the U.S. are doing what no other country on earth can do, and we've only seen the early beginnings of what they will accomplish.
Thank you, that you featered me in this video! Let's see the official plan, what will be announced by SpaceX or Elon Musk.
Why do I feel he is going to change the title
@Roland Fenet stop it
Yup, I'm thinking the same thing. The level of accuracy needed to pull this off is unrealistic imo.
Awesome video guys. Congratulations. I will now subscribe
Great Video
Elon, pls build me a working jedi starfighter with a booster ring. Thatd be all thnx
Elon, pls build me a new version of International space station, but much bigger, and feels like a 5 star hotel. Thatd be all thnx
Elon, pls build me a Death Star with a fleet of star destroyers guarding me and a chipotle for good measure. Thatd be all thx
Wait a few more years to see this attempted? I say next year at the latest.
The helicopter catching idea is badass!!!!
Great content! I love this channel :)
Nasa: Elon Musk: 👉👌
Others haven't even achieved reusable tech , and Elon is going to replace it 😂
9:11 aha a few more years, SpaceX is literally developing it now.
They just rolled out one today, see NasaSpaceFlight youtube channel, they streamed it like 12 minutes ago
Well.. I wouldn't say they've perfected it 😁, but it is pretty awesome watching them grow!
3:05 thanks, now i can use the internet without getting worried my toaster will get hacked.
Best Rocket I ever Seen with the launch cost 1 million!
Only rocket*
1 m/ launch is as laughable as 1m people on Mars by 2050
@@iamarokotmanson just like landing rockets were laughable 5 years ago?
@@Dev-jl5ty your comparing apples and oranges. Landing rocket boosters was already proven by DC-X and was just a matter of upgrading technology. The only thing everyone was really questioning was the economic viability. Now 1 million per launch for a Superheavy Heavy lift rocket is on a whole is way out there. Regardless of the full reuse and stainless steel structure that is an EXTREMELY unrealistic goal. It would be the cheapest launch system ever.That per launch cost would only be possible if they were making 3 flights per day and everyone knows that there is no launch market whatsoever for that
@@iamarokotmanson as of now it costs ~60M per seat. But with a fully reusable launch vehicle even if that is reduced to 1-2M per seat alot of ppl would wanna go to space hereby creating a market (space tourism).
Nice presentation as always
amazing work
spacex : landing rockets is too easy
It's easy when you can rely on specal effects, cartoons and lots of cgi. yep.
@@spacexsays3227 no, shut up
@@spacexsays3227 bellend
@@dundermifflinity ..........Sadly it's all we get. Why do you think they wanted everyone to buy new digital TV's back 10 years ago? Big explosive blast off's and lot's of graphics and CGI to compensate for nothing else. Never a GoPro at the nose of any craft. The Movies do better. Stop being so gullible and look closely. It's a world wide joke. Space i a fantasy that needs "Your" imaginations. Tooth Fairy for the youngsters.....Santa for the olders.......Space for the grown-ups....Wake-the-F-up man!!!
@@spacexsays3227 ur No longer accepted In HUMAN society U can no longer vote or get Food you are now terminated from HUMANITY
LOVE THIS STUFF
This is amazing.👏👏👏👏
Very interesting! but if that is the case... how it gonna land on the Moon (this one might be on Lunar variants it still have landing lag?) or Mars?
In the video he's talking about the Super Heavy booster, not the Starship. Starship is the one that will land on the Moon and Mars.
Superheavy stays on earth. You're talking about starship.
Oh ok, I'm too confused 😂
@@DOSFS me too😂😂😂
only Starship will gonna land on the moon and mars.. Super Heavy is just a primary stage rocket ro lift starship to space.
make a video on Vulcan Centaur
Thank you for listing the music below your video, few people do this. I have been looking for the name of the first track for a long time. Your video content is also great by the way 😀👍
This is the best text to voice channel out!
Here before a year and before millions of people watch this
Talk about asking for attention and scams lol.
Looks like Mars isn't so far away now, huh?
Still 13 years bare minimum for crewed missions. Until i see Superheavy land 10 times straight will i even consider this tower grabbing plan.
@TechnoMind that's pretty far for me. I'm still a teenager and most peoplevact like it'll happen tommorow. But yea in the grand scale it isnt really too long at all.
A LOT faster than any NASA dream can Ever do it.
still far away, but definitely more significant steps in progress are being made by SpaceX
Excellent learned technical things
How practical. “How about we just catch the rocket”
elon musk should live 100 years more to reach type 1.72 civilization
Let me guess... You saw a "roland feet" in the replies of some comments, didn't you?
Catching the rocket is absolutely brilliant. I never wouldve thought of that.
So Anazing hoping it will Work.and no more Explosion. thanks to the good Idea
I had a stroke reading the title
...........you've wet your pants. No need to tell everyone.
what will spacex make it they have completed starship?
Elon said in a tweet that Starship will be used in the future for travels around the solar system like Triton, Europa, Ganymede, Titan, etc. with Mars probably being their launching place aside from Earth. Also, Elon plans to use anti-matter as a fuel in the future whenever the technology evolves to be capable of mass production.
@@ThrustersX I've also seen proposals for a SpaceX "hub" where ships get re-fueled, crews rest and/or swap out. Fairly easy to build with current tech and there is a company out there right doing the engineering/systems design.
Yea right good luck getting enough of that shit
Thanks again.
Great video!
Hi
The narration sounds incredibly mechanical. I don't think I'll make it to the end of the video because of it. Maybe it's because it's a voice actor instead of someone passionate about the topic.
Congrats on 500k
tnx for shear
I wonder how one manages to stretch 3 mins of content to 10 mins. Make an NLP model and youd become a millionaire replacing all pescy youtubers
They are forgetting the obvious: Attach wheels to the bottom and land it like a plane.
@@lucasoreidopunho3556 Its a joke lol
Russia actually planned to do that on energia two with the boosters having folding wings
@@caecilliusinhorto2773 cool!
@@caecilliusinhorto2773 Wow, that's amazing!
cool idea
I must say that this video is one that I never heard of before and I thank you for this info. Keep up the good work. Help iggy's like me to understand better. LATER
great video!
great video keep it up
AWESOME!!
Holy ahit primal space has grown sooo much las time i was here he had 6k subs