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When it comes to SpaceX, there's a never-ending stream of information available as advancements in space technology are made. Inevitably though, this information leads to questions as well. With Starship getting much closer to its very first orbital launch, SpaceX will need to start performing static fire tests using all 29 Raptor engines on the bottom of Super Heavy. This video looks at how SpaceX will perform these tests on Booster 4.
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When do you think Starship will launch in 2022? - Shout out to CuriosityStream for supporting this vid! Check out curiositystream.com/PrimalSpace
I guess 2 explosions: 1rst in April at the liftoff still within 30 meter 2nd after several minutes in October
Launch? Or do something actually useful? (Like . . . not crashing or blowing up while achieving LEO, satellite delivery, moon landing, or a trip to Mars?)
April
Thank you for addressing the issue about the lack of any realistic flame diversion system at Boca Chica. Those tall tanks only a short distance to the north of the OLM, including the GSE tank farm with multiple huge tanks of LOX and liquid methane, do not appear adequately protected from the blast of thirty, plus or minus, Raptor engines firing for twenty or so seconds only a short distance away, without any blast diversion system. It would create a fireball of international news value and probably cause many $millions in damage.
If the booster reach more than 100m in the first orbital attempt it will be already very impressive with all the new systems and risks that SpaceX is taking. This is not very wise, the booster has too many engines and they are very expensive.
I love how he is Casually saying "Only 14 tons of methane"
Hahahahaha...lmao
Lol 😆
"Way more engines". It's great.
For just 3 seconds!
That A LOT of energy 😄
14 *TONS* of fuel in 3 seconds! 😮 Holy crap that's insane!
its like 16,92,481inr
The Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters burned 11,000 lbs per second, each, for a little over 2 minutes, and that doesn’t include what the Space Shuttle engines were burning.
@@rwfrench66GenX Sure but that was solid fuel. These are liquid engines that need to pump all that. Plenty of SRBs are more powerful than the largest liquid engines.
@@user-lv7ph7hs7l so why not use solid boosters?
@@rwfrench66GenX Many reasons. High thrust but low efficiency. Not really reusable. This is supposed to land and be reflown in an hour. Even refurbishing the Shuttle booster cost more than making new ones, because you have to completely rebuild them. A liquid engine can be throttled, which is critical too for landing. SRB is an easy fix for an overweight rocket to get of the pad but the liquid engines provide the actual performance to get to orbit. SRB's basically don't add deltaV, they just add thrust, so it can get off the ground while it burns enough fuel to go on without them. They are good for some situations but not for what Starship is trying to do (be fully and rapidly reusable, launch, land, quick inspection, refuel and go again until the tank dies from metal fatigue after a thousand launches. SRB are not compatible with "airliner-like reusability". They are cheap boom sticks, to give your expendable rocket a bit more oomph for a heavy payload. And you can't turn them off which comes with safety concerns (Russians don't consider SRB's safe for human use and never used them beyond ICBM's).
I can't wrap my head around starship. It's amazing the tech and manufacturing. GREAT vid!
Phly!!! Great seeing you here!!
Didn't expect to see phly here
And its a huge scam by Elon believed my millions of gullible sheep
Hey Phly tryin to join me at 8.3?
@@matttzzz2 how is it a scam?
This thing will have around 50% more thrust than the Saturn V did, which is just insane to think about. It's going to be crazy to watch this thing launch, and just as crazy to see them catch it on landing.
Agreed
I believe it’s also much more fuel efficient than Saturn V, correct?
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Gurlll it was crazy
agreed
I posted in another thread about something that was different with their testing, this sheds light on it. I live near the testing facility in Central Texas. Although we get the full blast tests every few days, over the last few weeks we have hear 3-4 second tests about 4 times a day. This tells me why they are doing that - thanks!
Cool to hear that!
The engines on the N-1 could not be test fired before launch as they lacked parts (I am pretty sure the valves had pyrotechnics involved where they were either on or off. But it is early in the morning and I could be wrong) that would allow them to be used multiple times. To try and skirt this issue, the soviets would test an engine or two per batch as an overall quality assurance check.
Didn't work.
@@garfieldirwin Thank you for your input.
So once a valve was turned "off" it was going to be off forever?
@@BobStein If I remember correctly the valves were turned off by default and required pyrotechnic actuators to turn them on (or something very similar). Once they were on, they were on until the first stage ran out of fuel or until the rocket staged. In the N-1's case though, it was when it exploded.
It was vibrational attenuation that tricked the computer into shutting down engines.
I truly cannot wait for the first full static fire of all of the booster rocket engines. It’s either going to end in a massive fireball from stress or a colossal success. We’ve seen plenty of renders of the booster having all of its rockets attached, but actually seeing them all together in real life like this is still hard to comprehend. It really paints a different picture from all the previous big rockets we’ve seen before. The eventual launch is going to be absolutely amazing, no matter when it happens.
Agreed 👌
I cannot believe it managed to go so far with 5 engines out. Incredible work. So much data gathered now. Guess theyll be looking to why the stages didn't separate and how the Raptor engines can all reliably ignite and sustain good thrust. Should good for another launch hopefully soon!
I love these SpaceX videos that you're making. Please don't ever stop making these videos. Love the work btw, thanks
Curb your Musk Fanboyism?
@@harrison00xXx No
@@harrison00xXx no lol
@@harrison00xXx no
@@gregahanon3402 tell me yes without telling me yes?
Love these videos 👍🏽 very informative!
Really cool videos always! Check some of mine out, if you have an opportunity. I am an aspiring astronaut and am trying to share my journey with as large an audience as possible.
Very well put together!
If Soviets managed to get the flawed N1 design off the ground, I have hope for SpaceX. The lack of a flame trench is concerning though.
It's a bold move, that's for sure. I assume the thinking is that the vehicle will be made sufficiently robustly to not need one, and these lessons will make it more suitable for landing on unprepared regolith on Mars. Still, that's a *LOT* of force to design around.
@@Double_Vision The superheavy booster isn't going to Mars anytime soon, but I guess if they can make that work then doing the same to the upper stage will be a piece of cake.
@@thatguy7595 Precisely my point. They broke a Starship with flying Martyte in the past, and those lessons are now in Booster. Starship and Booster might be a rocket, but in reality they're going to have to work like a truck.
How hard is it to dig a hole with a shovel lol?
@@michaeljava8736 they don't want a flame trench because starship will land on mars on a flat ground so they want to know what could happen if starship were to land on mars
I like how most of his videos are about spacex
Same
Cause they are the most Primal space rocket company. They are just fu**in doin it, just goin at it and innovating.
Great video! No generic facts filler, just relevant info the whole way!
Excellent presentation, very informative.
I'm so glad we have people like this in the world. While I can't reach for the stars I can cheer them on from the sidelines. With gloom and doom around every corner it's guys like this that make it a little more bearable. This launch will truly be a sight to behold.
Billionaire lunatics who will corporatize space are not something making life more bearable. I'll take NASA over SpaceX anyday of the week and twice on Sunday. They may be a bureaucratic mess, but their steady pace of advancement has made all of our proudest space exploration moments. Elon Musk is a snake oil salesman who is duping a new generation too gullible to see him for what he is--the world's richest liar.
@@mcs699 My impression of you in 10 years: "FUCK! Old Man was right!"
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Yeah steady pace *snikers*. How much budget has NASA wasted on new space suits and what time frame with nothing to show ?
@@alexandervlaescu9901 agree
@@alexandervlaescu9901 Wasted NASA budget comes from every new president coming in and changing priorities for prestige projects. And I won't bother to list the accomplishments of NASA because they are far too numerous and you can look it up yourself. If your main complaint is "space suits", you've obviously never looked at the engineering specs for the vacuum of space. It isn't as easy as putting on a onesy and rubber boots like SpaceX does for those on board the Dragon capsule.
Excellent post. Loads of information.
Your content is so awesome
I'm so excited for this launch. My life will never be the same.
Love your videos bro.
Thank you Curiosity Stream.
They did it! 31 Engine successful static fire!!!
My fav channel. Thank you.
Truly amazing.
Absolutely Phenomenal!!!
It will be a huge blast!!
i guess the man who lights the engines uses a long 7 inch firepplace match.instead of the shorter matches he got in the folder of them from Cowgirls Ranch (brass pole extra).
Actually I belive it was part of the ablative coating that blew up into the engine, the concrete below it was perfectly fine
How informative!
Watching this launch will be absolutely amazing but HEARING IT will be something else!
when one of these things blows up, you'll get to feel it too.
@@piccolo917 way to be optimistic
@@bogbog Musk plans to launch thousands of them. Currently, rockets have 4-10% failure rate, most of them happening on the ground. So, statistically, there will be an explosion. And with 4600 tons of liquid methane with all the oxygen it will to instantly ignite near it, that will be 46.000.000 * 55,5 MJ = 2553000000 MJ = 610 kilotons of TNT. For comparison, the Hiroshima bomb was 16 kilotons. Even if just 10% of that fuel explodes, that's almost 4 times more than the nuclear bomb. So when I say "when one of these things blows up, you'll get to feel it too", I'm not "optimistic" but realistic.
Because of this video I went and got curiositystream and I have enjoyed
Watching this video a year after publishing is telling. Blows my mind that they knew the possible issues but decided to risk it. Makes me wonder if we would already be talking about the next planned launch date had the pad infrastructure been better.
Quality production as always 👍
6:15 I will never get over the fact that this is real footage and not a rendering. Absolutely incredible control of the vehicle.
@@GoblinUrNuts SN10 High altitude flight test. There's a video by spacex from 11 months ago. :) EDIT: March 4 2021.
I still can't wrap my head around the fact that we have to basically start over from walking on the moon just 50 years prior is just amazing to me
Yes! More of SpaceX please :)
Do you like elon musk
Nice Video!
Bro I love your channel
2:34 the version of the n1s that flew had engines that used pyrotechnics to ignite so they physically couldn't fire the booster or even test individual engines prior to launch.
Your predictions were accurate!!!!
I love this video 🔥
This channel is great =)
Think that is the reason for the off shore oil rig perchases.purchases. Also would cut down on collateral damage.
It will be the excitement of the century.
Now they are gonna catch the rockets ! wow this is amazing ! 🤯
The raptor engines exhaust totally 64 tons of mixture for 3 seconds only !!! This is insane !!
Every time I hear the conversation about colonizing Mars. I ask my self if we are willing to survive only by what we need, why don’t we have that same mentality on earth? This is aside from “colonizing” I’m talking about the ones who suggest on leaving earth for a “better” life
Such a good point. Surviving here on only what we need could truly eliminate a lot of the issues we would, in theory, be leaving behind.
what an amazing time to be alive
0.15 The Falcon 9's first launch went "perfectly" but it did not land as the video insinuates. The first landing was flight 20.
wow. this is nuts
I can’t wait for one of these to blow up.
That landing catch mechanism is very interesting.
Never been so early. Btw music choice is great
Love the la beast music at the end. Very nastalgic
Add some rainbirds that spray a huge amount of foam to reduce sound and flame damage low level. My ideas are often daft.
If it flies successfully, Korolev's ghost will be seen dancing in the stars.
I am very curious if Spacex is going for an all engines simulteneous static fire test. According to the info about the thrust of the Raptor-engine, i think the booster will be torn off of the engine-table when firing all 29Raptors at the same time. I say this not because i doubt the clamps on the table, but i doubt the strenght of the steel of the booster where the thrust-puck is situated.
The steel will be fine. It’s the footers I’m worried about. That kind of low frequency vibration can cause some serious liquification to the backfill. I can imagine the whole thing lifting out of the ground. But I’m no engineer when it comes to that sort of stuff.
Thank you for mentioning the Soviet rocket, very interesting.
So awesome wish I was on the team
Goddamn watching those old starship videos makes clear how rapid the progress is with that rocket
Great video! Do you have just a picture of the thumbnail?
Definitely something
This was a great high-level engineering analysis
If they manage to get all 29 lit and up to throttle on the first full attempt, that alone will be a miracle. Launching? Don’t get me wrong, I am a huge private space launch advocate, and legacy-giant critic. SpaceX is my dream. But an actual launch in 2022… not just a hop, but a suborbital altitude launch… is still a huge undertaking. I would put it at the tail end of the year if they could do it, but expect delays into early 2023. Brent Icenogle, how you guys doing in Boca?
you were absolutely right
Dude, catching that thing in its fall is a crazy concept. It will be so fragile. How do you catch such a thing? Huge foam pads?
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2:41 its not that the soviets didn't have the infrastructure to static fire the n1, its because they coupdn't, the Engines on the N1 first stage used pyrotechnic valves and were single use, they tested 1 out of every 4 that were produced.
The main reason for the failures of the H1 rocket was the short deadlines set by the government and the rush to check the engines (there really wasn’t any). Also, after 4 unsuccessful launches, two more finished copies were built, but, unfortunately, they were dismantled for metal, because the Soviets considered the rocket pointless and unprofitable.
Coming back after the 2nd ift, all 33 ran!
As phenomenal as SpaceX is doing already, there's still so many 'if's and unknowns regarding this monster. Feels like they skipped a few steps.
Whoa whoa.....they're gonna catch it?
I wish them great success, but looking at this I'm reminded of the Soviet N1 Super Heavy Lift Vehicle which was powered by no less than thirty NK-15 rocket engines. After four launches, they couldn't make that work. I hope that SpaceX has been a strong and dedicated student of history.
You are right, but the main reason for the failures of the N1 rocket was the short deadlines set by the government and the rush to check the engines (there really wasn’t any). Also, after 4 unsuccessful launches, two more finished copies were built, but, unfortunately, they were dismantled for metal, because the Soviets considered the rocket pointless and unprofitable.
Heavy as Hell
i was not aware that they're going to catch this thing mid-air if they succeed omg
Those Raptors are hairy!
you all have to read "Lift Off" by Eric Berger
Rocket return : wing strech drop, arm catch, spline funnel drop, water bouyant , air craft thruster , parachutes, spring head ^impact,dual concentric barell vessels, retractable protection shell,etc etc.........
Rather go for engine variable size mass production.......
Simple for is to dig deep beneath the base of the stand .And deep Dow put flame divert or and water .so the flames don’t heat up the engines them self
I think you should've mentioned that SpaceX did static fire a few engines on Booster 3
The day the first Starship launches to Mars from Earth, i will watch it live with my mouth wide open, i can bet on that lol
what would be even more amazing, is if you also used your platform to advise the space population to pressure the f.a.a to approve starship testing.
I had a guess this was coming 🔥🔥🔥🔥
just the amount of heat alone from them engine's HOLY SHIT!
I hope everything goes well.
your description of the N-1 will be the same for Starship.
SpaceX team is BOSS.
3:32 is edited tho. i wish spacex would share the real video from those 2 sn8 static fires
I am curious, for a rocket with so many engines, even at lowest throttle it must huge thrust. How do they prevent booster from leaving ground during static fire
Tanks are filled with fuel, and/or other weights like water tanks are put on top
Usually weighted down and/or connected to the ground. I think during a Soyuz launch, the rocket is held by the supports it sits on and uses explosive bolts to separate and lift off
They make it so that the thrust to weight ratio is 1 or less
The booster is physically held to the pad by hold down clamps at the base of the vehicle. During launch these would disconnect and get pulled into the launch table for protection from the exhaust. Since its just a static fire thought they hold on the entire time.
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Imagine how much further along we would be to colonizing the moon and mars if the space race continued at its original pace! We would 100% have people living on the moon by now and quite possibly mars as well!!! Crazy to think about where we might be if that were the case. 👍🏼🤯
I hope it all works out well. That's a lot of eggs in one basket.
What is Starship going to do when Falcon Heavy is already under utilized?
The plan: retire falcon Heavy.
Supposedly they're going do dump 40,000 pieces of space garba--err I mean Starlink satellites every 5 years. Because Falcon Heavy apparently couldn't do that unrealistic job either. I hope this blunder bankrupts Musk so he can fuck off and be exposed for the vaporware salesman he is.
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 You're actually quite ridiculous.
It took a while for satellite makers to wakeup, realize and adjust the launch capability of FH but this year we will finally see more launches
One mission that it already secured is the NASA moon landing contract while another possible one could be a successor to the ISS. Also it’s supposed to be cheaper per kg to orbit than the standard falcon 9 so everything that goes up with that is supposed to be shifted over to Starship if it finishes development.
When is the date of the test?
How do they measure the thrust during a static fire?
Load Cells (Usually a transducer device with 4 strain gauges arranged into a Wheatstone Bridge and the resulting voltage(s) converted to the applied force/thrust)
I should also note that multiple load cells can be used together to determine the overall thrust vector of the engines since many rocket engines are gimbaled (can pivot/rotate to change their thrust vector)
That's going to be a lot of heat, Prayers.................................
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They go Brazzy here in McGregor for testing
Similar layout to the N1?
We will all feel it every corner of the world when this launches lol
i wish the team at spaceX for this impossible mission for starship 🚀
Does any of this look like the actions of ardent champion of the enviroment?