Why SpaceX Built A Stainless Steel Starship

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  • @RealEngineering
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    • @Sednas
      @Sednas 5 лет назад +6

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  • @seq165432
    @seq165432 5 лет назад +3156

    Would it not be ironically hilarious if the Mars spaceship ends up looking EXACTLY like the 'absurd' spaceships of 1950's space movies? :)

    • @greenbanana311
      @greenbanana311 5 лет назад +149

      Yes, if you were to stretch the definition of "*extremely hilarious*" to an absurd degree.

    • @kenoliver8913
      @kenoliver8913 5 лет назад +199

      Those 'absurd' spaceships looked like the V2 because people's idea of a big rocket was the V2. By 2001 (the movie) a big rocket in the movies looked like the space shuttle. What's the betting that if Space X succeeds then Hollywood's ideas will shift again ..

    • @komradewirelesscaller6716
      @komradewirelesscaller6716 5 лет назад +48

      Yes your so right that would be pretty ironic and humorous. Or even like some of the spaceships from the old Flash Gordan serials.

    • @flatstuff1630
      @flatstuff1630 4 года назад +3

      Pretty sure you don't understand the full import of your question /statement. Try and think about it in reverse.

    • @rickduffy8929
      @rickduffy8929 4 года назад +8

      Buck Rodgers in the 22nd century! Lol I think the incredibles have a similar design :o

  • @kebabkev
    @kebabkev 4 года назад +385

    Elon stares at Starship for a moment.
    "Tell you what, throw a little hot rod red in there".

    • @oakwhelie
      @oakwhelie 4 года назад +33

      it makes the rocket fly FASTA

    • @hobbit1817
      @hobbit1817 4 года назад +3

      Like tony stark with his iron man suit

    • @Novadababy
      @Novadababy 4 года назад +4

      Well He is tony stark

    • @thrasher2344
      @thrasher2344 4 года назад +2

      Or Tony Stark is Elon

    • @rohanahlawat5809
      @rohanahlawat5809 3 года назад +1

      This is not the marvel universe. Grow up.

  • @brandontea3815
    @brandontea3815 4 года назад +907

    The sweating part is really really smart. Makes me believe that the best engineering is to copy nature.

    • @AverageBrethren
      @AverageBrethren 4 года назад +193

      we are biological machines if you think about it. maybe nature is the peak of engineering

    • @gdash6925
      @gdash6925 4 года назад +52

      @@AverageBrethren nature is gods gift and its our mission to to look at it and use it. Ki nda like a graph going closer to infinity

    • @A3ATOT
      @A3ATOT 4 года назад +11

      Sweating fuel while in fire, is not really a good idea

    • @dm5802
      @dm5802 4 года назад +10

      It is.

    • @loveisthemostpowerfulforce1397
      @loveisthemostpowerfulforce1397 4 года назад +31

      Sounds like what Nikola Tesla said "“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”"

  • @dhupee
    @dhupee 4 года назад +613

    "The Falcon 9 certified for human payload is a bit of a nightmare"
    Me: NOT ANYMORE!!

  • @TheScienceBiome
    @TheScienceBiome 5 лет назад +1004

    Your thumbnail game is *so* strong.

  • @danievdw
    @danievdw 5 лет назад +357

    You missed the real important bit. " Most steel alloys get brittle at cryogenic temperatures. That’s not the case for stainless steel with high chrome-nickel content. It gets stronger in cold conditions, but it also maintains ductility. That means stainless steel has high fracture toughness, which could prevent small structural imperfections from developing into cracks." With the cryo fuel loaded, that thin sheet of steel is stronger than carbon fiber, on top of all the other stuff you mentioned.

    • @surronzak8154
      @surronzak8154 5 лет назад +10

      " It gets stronger in cold conditions, but it also maintains ductility." nope, it loose ductility slower than steel , and don't get stronger when cold.

    • @danievdw
      @danievdw 5 лет назад +56

      @@surronzak8154 ..nah, I think I will believe the metallurgists and rocket engineers that is actually using this, over some RUclips know it all.

    • @surronzak8154
      @surronzak8154 5 лет назад +5

      @@danievdw where doese it say that it will be stronger when cold ? By the way I'm IWT metalurgist using stainless steel everyday, I know the KV for those materials ;-)

    • @danievdw
      @danievdw 5 лет назад +30

      @@surronzak8154 Yeah, my mum was lead design on NCC-1701-B . Stop being lazy as well, do some research yourself. Plenty of info available on it, especially after SpaceX started using it.

    • @surronzak8154
      @surronzak8154 5 лет назад +3

      @@danievdw LMAO youdon't know what you are talking about buddy

  • @1Deejay7
    @1Deejay7 4 года назад +820

    Flex tape. Problem solved.
    Rocket made entirely out of Flex tape.

    • @davidmok108
      @davidmok108 4 года назад +58

      Hogwarts: You want a scholarship boi?

    • @jkoeberlein1
      @jkoeberlein1 4 года назад +16

      Freaking brilliant!

    • @aerojetrocketdyners-2538
      @aerojetrocketdyners-2538 4 года назад +17

      someone needs to publish the heat properties of flex tape.

    • @nathanielrobb6973
      @nathanielrobb6973 4 года назад +10

      This is beyond a lot of damage

    • @banned2911
      @banned2911 4 года назад +7

      89 Alpha who are you so wise in the way of sience?

  • @loganthesaint
    @loganthesaint 4 года назад +2341

    I love how Elon is pushing new ideas, and failure together. Because success without failure is just luck lol.

    • @crisangle8592
      @crisangle8592 4 года назад +18

      "I love how Elon is pushing new ideas, and failure together. Because success without failure is just luck lol.
      "
      better not while i was driving on freeway

    • @ihihihihi.heheh.
      @ihihihihi.heheh. 4 года назад

      Funny it's true

    • @lemarthomas7647
      @lemarthomas7647 4 года назад +1

      That's the true and only way that we are going to get out of this mess,of an World, That these 😵 Scientist created, The Carovi19!..

    • @lemarthomas7647
      @lemarthomas7647 4 года назад +1

      Super MaN 💪 Bro..

    • @ihihihihi.heheh.
      @ihihihihi.heheh. 4 года назад +23

      @Bilal Khalid holy fuck. You are really dumb!

  • @Svitman
    @Svitman 5 лет назад +399

    Starhopper - the test article
    Starship - the actual thing that goes to Mars

    • @_aullik
      @_aullik 5 лет назад +29

      well starship will got to the moon. Then a revised version will eventually go to the mars.

    • @maxschmieder232
      @maxschmieder232 5 лет назад

      Thank you!

    • @christopherrhodes3228
      @christopherrhodes3228 5 лет назад +26

      Starlord, the pilot

    • @BetterThanYouXuD
      @BetterThanYouXuD 5 лет назад +6

      Starwars - the entertainment

    • @DrewLSsix
      @DrewLSsix 5 лет назад

      Svitman As often as plans change its foolish to say something with such certainty.

  • @KarlssonF
    @KarlssonF 5 лет назад +1701

    _"where stainless steel shines"_
    *see what you did there*

    • @AQDuck
      @AQDuck 5 лет назад +46

      I wonder if Starship will use Chrome OS...

    • @haoteng2823
      @haoteng2823 5 лет назад +7

      Pvt. Duckling Nah. It will use android.

    • @Keldor314
      @Keldor314 5 лет назад +5

      @@AQDuck Stainless steel is in fact made by alloying chrome into regular steel. ;-)

    • @justADeni
      @justADeni 5 лет назад

      @@Keldor314 Thats the fucking joke everyone knows that

    • @Keldor314
      @Keldor314 5 лет назад +1

      @@justADeni I thought it might be. OR it might have been a reference to the shiny part. Covering the bases.

  • @alwinvillero4404
    @alwinvillero4404 3 года назад +82

    2020: the tin can now exists and even launched once

    • @Rauruatreides
      @Rauruatreides 3 года назад +15

      Late 2020: Tin can evolved into an 80s spaceship and flew.

    • @JayPatel-ug1nh
      @JayPatel-ug1nh 3 года назад +4

      @@Rauruatreides Early 2021 : SN8 and SN9 did a spectacular flight, but RUD on landing. Waiting fro SN10 to fly and nail landing!

    • @julittok
      @julittok 3 года назад +4

      Late 2039: Nuclear winter took over after USA and China released their nukes over a struggle for world domination.
      2043: We are surviving on scraps, communications with surviving groups have been decreasing worldwide.
      2049: I'm down to my last can of expired beans, the rest of the world is silent. Four starlink satellites are still operational, they allowed me to send this message.
      Late 2049: We weren't worthy of this planet, i'm so sorry.

    • @corrick4339
      @corrick4339 3 года назад +1

      @@JayPatel-ug1nh sn10 stuck the landing! And then exploded!

    • @luckuijken5451
      @luckuijken5451 3 года назад +6

      Mid 2021, tin can landed and survived!

  • @ItsaDigitalHamster
    @ItsaDigitalHamster 4 года назад +89

    Real Engineering: Sometimes you just need to make mistakes to learn, which is why you should sign up to Brilliant.
    People who sign up to Brilliant: lol won't do that again

    • @willkaporis7958
      @willkaporis7958 3 года назад +2

      janet lopz I think you’re in the wrong comment section

    • @AQDuck
      @AQDuck 3 года назад

      @@willkaporis7958 It's obviously a bot, just report it

  • @evaristegalois6282
    @evaristegalois6282 5 лет назад +3266

    Other scientists: “Let’s colonize Mars”
    Elon Musk: “Yeah, let’s colonize Mars, but first:
    Meme 👏 Review 👏"

    • @jerponemyce9497
      @jerponemyce9497 5 лет назад +14

      Found you again

    • @pug2858
      @pug2858 5 лет назад +80

      Mars👏Review👏

    • @diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754
      @diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754 5 лет назад +29

      Evariste Galois over 85 millions subscribers on PewDiePie channel... 0.1 $ per subscriber = 8.5$ millions... enough to invest in Space X and help Elon reach Mars.

    • @chimergo6501
      @chimergo6501 5 лет назад +28

      But Ellon isn't scientist, he only "crazy" businessman ...

    • @pug2858
      @pug2858 5 лет назад +10

      @@diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754 but it cost 1 bil to reach the moon so we need 5$ for every 9yr old. 85Mx5=425M enough to book probably a couple of seats

  • @one2toomany
    @one2toomany 4 года назад +2386

    "There's no oil on Mars"
    The American government has lost interest.

    • @briancarlson6216
      @briancarlson6216 4 года назад +81

      well people once thought Alaska was useless so who knows there might be larger reserves there than on earth

    • @FrVitoBe
      @FrVitoBe 4 года назад +17

      @@briancarlson6216 galaxy war 1 inc

    • @Yor_gamma_ix_bae
      @Yor_gamma_ix_bae 4 года назад +10

      sends orbiter to Titan for hydrocarbon exploration

    • @DonTiberius35
      @DonTiberius35 4 года назад +13

      Might not be oil but plenty of other materials

    • @jamesbizs
      @jamesbizs 4 года назад +64

      why do people think it's just america that cares about oil lol Kinda like how everyone thought it was just America that had slaves, when the reality was, America had a tiny tiny percentage of all slaves.

  • @JNDlego57
    @JNDlego57 3 года назад +248

    “Failure is an option here. If you’re not failing, you’re not innovating enough.” - Elon Musk

    • @kstar1489
      @kstar1489 3 года назад +6

      Unless he’s putting actual people in it

    • @natthaphonhongcharoen
      @natthaphonhongcharoen 3 года назад +23

      @@kstar1489 That's why it's a good thing to fail as many time as he needs while he still can

    • @doodleboi7034
      @doodleboi7034 2 года назад

      *Soviets Intensifies*

    • @HalNordmann
      @HalNordmann 2 года назад +1

      To me, SpaceX's "rapid prototyping" via blowing up tanks in a field with bits soldered to them seems more like messing up. Even NASA in its glory days with a nearly blank-cheque budget didn't have so many explosions!

    • @dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668
      @dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668 2 года назад +6

      "The key to success is slavery"-Elon Musk

  • @thalescarl1589
    @thalescarl1589 3 года назад +20

    Here we are. Days before SN9 takes off. I hope it could land perfectly this time.

    • @adamunderhay8347
      @adamunderhay8347 3 года назад +2

      weeks* lol

    • @mikethespike056
      @mikethespike056 3 года назад +3

      RIP

    • @thalescarl1589
      @thalescarl1589 3 года назад +3

      I guess it is rest in pieces now unfortunately. But sn10 will land in one piece, I hope.

    • @mikethespike056
      @mikethespike056 3 года назад +1

      @@thalescarl1589 I told you it should land in one piece, not that you should bring me one!

    • @Br0nson_0
      @Br0nson_0 3 года назад

      @@thalescarl1589 oh oh

  • @jasonfireshield6134
    @jasonfireshield6134 5 лет назад +1419

    The first liquid cooled rocket better have RGB

  • @theultimatereductionist7592
    @theultimatereductionist7592 5 лет назад +167

    Origin of "WD-40" - I honestly never knew that before!

    • @wildman2012
      @wildman2012 5 лет назад +12

      And apparently, it really was the 40th time they tried the formulation before they found the one that worked.

    • @HuntingTarg
      @HuntingTarg 5 лет назад +12

      Water Dispersant formula # 40.
      Along with Heinz 57.

    • @ronschlorff7089
      @ronschlorff7089 5 лет назад +1

      @@wildman2012 It's just Science 101: "If at first you don't succeed...…"

    • @stastavross3330
      @stastavross3330 5 лет назад +1

      WD40

    • @JohnNugroho
      @JohnNugroho 5 лет назад

      Mindblown

  • @cheeseninja1115
    @cheeseninja1115 3 года назад +10

    I like coming back to this video to see just how far SpaceX has grown in such a short time, not just for a space company but just a company in general!

  • @dbannerman9488
    @dbannerman9488 4 года назад +24

    0:09 that fox is a classic image

  • @uaEquals42
    @uaEquals42 5 лет назад +217

    Correction or note: It was only the fairing that toppled over. The bottom half with all the tanks, plumbing, etc stayed upright.

    • @mirkokvesic1598
      @mirkokvesic1598 5 лет назад +23

      I only crashed half of my car, the trunk stayed untouched. Do you think I can sell it as half crashed? Asking for a friend :P

    • @_aullik
      @_aullik 5 лет назад +54

      @@mirkokvesic1598 Do you have cover over your car that can be attacked? Imagine that getting blown away by the wind. It can be repaired without major problems. I mean they build it in a week in the first place.

    • @uaEquals42
      @uaEquals42 5 лет назад +50

      @@mirkokvesic1598 A better analogy is that a cargo carrier on top of a car falls off. The car will still drive.

    • @PD-we8vf
      @PD-we8vf 5 лет назад +7

      There is no plumbing in it. It is a set prop.

    • @Charles-fc9gi
      @Charles-fc9gi 5 лет назад

      uaEquals42 the thing just detaches from the wind, sure, the structure will be fine when it enters mars. Elon Musk is a genious... Even nasa during the space race when there wasnt a lot of knowledge about spacetravel, even then they didnt have these kind of failures. Nasa tested everything and made a lot of stupid failures, but not this level of failure. I think if a normal, less ambitious person would leas spacex, they would accomplish much more, elon musk just wants to much, and often the things he want are just too early, science is not prepared yet.

  • @sheaedwards1999
    @sheaedwards1999 5 лет назад +294

    Another amazing video again! Been a long time viewer and can say this channel is one of the reasons i'm studying engineering now

    • @nedimlapo1582
      @nedimlapo1582 5 лет назад +2

      I can relate, I now want to study mechanical engineering with focus on motors and vehicles. I always admired electric cars and would love to work on developing better ones in the future. There are no car production companies in my country so that definitely means I would have to move somewhere else but it is worth it I suppose...

    • @qadarinimo258
      @qadarinimo258 5 лет назад

      Nedim Lapo what about automotive engineering that’s all about cars 🚘

    • @nedimlapo1582
      @nedimlapo1582 5 лет назад

      @@qadarinimo258 My mechanical engineering university has only 2 options, computer engineering and product design, and I literally can't see the difference between them, both of them have same subjects...

    • @qadarinimo258
      @qadarinimo258 5 лет назад

      I wanna study aerospace engineering

    • @thishadowithin
      @thishadowithin 5 лет назад

      I was interested in the field but, honestly, it got super boring unless I could hold a laser and zap something lol

  • @ckck519
    @ckck519 3 года назад +7

    As someone who works in Aerospace Metals I love these videos. Can you make a video on Nickel Alloys in Aerospace? Or perhaps Cobalt alloys!

  • @viktormikhaltsevich7400
    @viktormikhaltsevich7400 4 года назад +8

    Amazing content and good material knowledge! Another interesting consideration is application of torsional loads unto the material as Kepler's laws take over. This certainly makes isotropic materials like SS a preferred choice, at least until we can improve composite material science to respond equally well to compound forces. However, there will always be limitations associated with substrate selection for various coatings/shielding, especially as their CTEs vary and internal strain is created.
    Looking forward to other videos!

  • @lifesimulator3964
    @lifesimulator3964 5 лет назад +166

    "The thing literally fell over in the wind"
    Mars, 2020
    Astronaut 1: I'm gonna get the tools from the rocket.
    Astronaut 2: Sure, go ahead.
    *heads outside
    Astronaut 1: Where's the feckin' rocket!? I just parked it right here!

    • @thinkabout288
      @thinkabout288 5 лет назад +1

      LOL

    • @_aullik
      @_aullik 5 лет назад +42

      The winds in the strongest Martian storms top out at about 60 miles per hour with an atmospheric density of 1% of earths atmosphere. So I would be surprised if this can happen on mars.

    • @oliver6496
      @oliver6496 5 лет назад +16

      It's a joke.

    • @theuncalledfor
      @theuncalledfor 5 лет назад +28

      @@oliver6496
      Jokes usually work best when they have some basis in reality. When examined, this one turns out to be just stupid. I'm sure everyone here knows it's a joke, we just don't all agree that it's a good one.

    • @thinkabout288
      @thinkabout288 5 лет назад +1

      @@oliver6496 and a good one

  • @johnterpack3940
    @johnterpack3940 5 лет назад +371

    The ship looks like nothing else... unless you grew up watching '50s sci-fi.

    • @mroldnewbie
      @mroldnewbie 4 года назад +2

      Could be funny if they paint it red: en.tintin.com/images/tintin/albums/16marcheLune/C16%2025%20B%20COLOR_en.jpg

    • @joseinfante5054
      @joseinfante5054 4 года назад

      This is not a ship, this is a Havana cigar hungry for fuel and slow as snails, I bet it won't even go to the moon, much less 58 million Klm to Mars. TESLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @MikeMiller-fc2cc
    @MikeMiller-fc2cc 4 года назад +144

    What you said about WD-40 is true, It was deloped by Aerosol systems, I used to work there

    • @shawnbarrett4540
      @shawnbarrett4540 4 года назад +4

      I thought it was about driving moisture out of the electronics, not the bodies? Or was that just an unexpected benefit?

    • @datgio4951
      @datgio4951 4 года назад +1

      Mike Miller ok boomer

    • @hyperion3704
      @hyperion3704 4 года назад +22

      @@datgio4951 OK Loser

    • @oldmate6380
      @oldmate6380 4 года назад +3

      what is the formula

    • @stanleyhipkiss4690
      @stanleyhipkiss4690 4 года назад +5

      @@datgio4951 and what glorious generation do you hail from

  • @entropyz5242
    @entropyz5242 3 года назад +9

    One year later and it has worked

  • @lsemenov
    @lsemenov 5 лет назад +192

    My Soviet university "diploma work" back in 1987 was to test this type of cooling for rocket re-entry, porous pressed metal powder was used, however there were problems with incostintent gas flow in different parts of provided samples. Hopefully perforated solid metal will work better than baked together particles, I really hope such protection is possible (although not 100% sure), only tests will show.

    • @lsemenov
      @lsemenov 5 лет назад +27

      @BRAVOZULU DWEST boathouse I don't think it's possible to calculate these things precisely because of nature of turbulence, it is not really predictable and may create very local effects when one part of rocket will be heated much more than other part. That's why tests are still necessary. That's why wind tunnels are still used. However, it's hard to replicate all conditions of re-entry in wind tunnel, SpaceX is right to build cheap test rocket.

    • @HuntingTarg
      @HuntingTarg 5 лет назад +12

      I think the biggest challenge will be with the baffle diffuser 'heat shield' that the methane will flow through; there will be cryogenic methane on one side and high-pressure semi-ionized hypervelocity gas on the other. This will create a high thermal gradient across the baffle plates, and I am not sure if anything short of an actual flight test will prove/disprove this approach. If it fails, it could doom Starship and jeopardize SpaceX's investment funding.
      If it performs as designed, we enter a new era in spaceflight and human exploration.

    • @lsemenov
      @lsemenov 5 лет назад +5

      @@HuntingTarg I wish I knew what kind of heat protection is used by the newest breed of Russian nuclear hypersonic gliders, yes they are disposable but still may use similar method to keep hot plasma from surface of metal, I know that Soviet Union worked on that long time ago. Although metal still will be heated by light but this is not the same as direct contact. The goal is to make gas cushion between plasma and metal. I doubt that methane is the best candidate, perhaps helium or some other inert gas that will not react with metal.

    • @HuntingTarg
      @HuntingTarg 5 лет назад +2

      @@lsemenov under correct conditions a high-pressure high-flow gas boundary layer will form between the plasma and outer spaceframe skin. I wouldn't rely on that exclusively to protect a metal or composite frame though. A cryogenic fluid (Helium, Argon, Nitrogen) in an open-loop boil-off cooling system is conceivable, although I don't know of an example where that's been tested.

    • @snakeslither8831
      @snakeslither8831 5 лет назад

      cOmMiE

  • @Fairman25
    @Fairman25 5 лет назад +247

    Rule 1 of engineering: MORE TRIANGLES!!!

    • @SLEEPYJK
      @SLEEPYJK 5 лет назад +11

      Don't be silly, that's Rule 3

    • @sMOS_arms
      @sMOS_arms 5 лет назад +26

      rule 1 is actually "more circles". Since round forms can do a lot better against pressure than other figures. This is why our submarines, spaceships, bunkers, tunnels are all rounded :)

    • @pchurch4973
      @pchurch4973 5 лет назад +1

      Civil engineering

    • @syntaxusdogmata3333
      @syntaxusdogmata3333 5 лет назад

      LOL... thanks, Euclid! 😏

    • @ivanrodionov9724
      @ivanrodionov9724 5 лет назад +3

      @@sMOS_arms what about a relaux triangle?

  • @fightwithbiomechanix663
    @fightwithbiomechanix663 4 года назад +5

    Can I just say you're a major reason I am getting a Certificate in Data Science and a Masters in Material Science & Engineering. Thank you!!!

  • @LeeMaitland
    @LeeMaitland 4 года назад

    Mate what a fantastic video, really well explained and I love the isogrid idea.

  • @Aeronaut1975
    @Aeronaut1975 5 лет назад +172

    I'm British, so know you're talking in Celsius, but when you're talking about numbers in Degrees, you should always specify whether Fahrenheit, Celsius or Kelvin. The first rule of Engineering is "Name your units".

    • @jerrb7991
      @jerrb7991 5 лет назад +53

      Kelvin is not a degree, in fact writing °K is a mistake. So the confusion can be only between Celsius and Fahrenheit. So in the non-retarded measurements units part of the world degrees are only Celsius, so no confusion at all

    • @stefanvdw7895
      @stefanvdw7895 5 лет назад +12

      mezsh In space units that are used are metric. Not imperial. Should be pretty obvious

    • @spinor
      @spinor 5 лет назад +25

      @@stefanvdw7895 you'd be surprised...

    • @Aeronaut1975
      @Aeronaut1975 5 лет назад +40

      @@stefanvdw7895 When it comes to science and Engineering, one should never make assumptions. Remember the Mars Climate Oribiter?! Just name your units, whether it's obvious or not, then there's no confusion...

    • @EvitoCruor
      @EvitoCruor 5 лет назад +10

      Enlightened Doggo You do realize it was done in a year when measuring the temperature with one Kelvin accuracy was considered good?

  • @Dragon029
    @Dragon029 5 лет назад +85

    There's a couple of errors or misconception in the video and one key part brushed over:
    1. "Starhopper" is just the nickname of the test vehicle being built in Texas; it has this name because when SpaceX were testing the software and systems required to perform landings with the Falcon 9 they built a short version of a Falcon 9 (with just 1 Merlin engine) which was called Grasshopper. The actual rocket that's going to Mars is called "Starship" as a whole, with the upper stage bearing the same name and the booster (which is only necessary for getting Starship off of Earth's surface) being called Superheavy (as a spiritual step-up from Falcon Heavy).
    2. The Starhopper vehicle being built in Texas is not the same height, weight, etc as Starship (just as Grasshopper didn't have the height, weight, etc of Falcon 9); rather it's just designed to test propulsion and the final stages of landing (being able to throttle the engine properly, have a reliable and rapid gimbal system, etc). They do have a very rough approximation of the final Starship's CG vs center of pressure with Starhopper, but it's only really rough data. There's also rumours that they might attempt a simulated mid-air engine-out, where the rocket would descend under 1 or 2 engines (instead of all 3 they're installing on Starhopper; Starship is currently planned to have 7 engines), likely at a tilted angle - engine-out redundancy is important for something that's envisioned to carry 100 people to Mars and (later) back.
    3. They're also going to be building a full-scale prototype of Starship separately to Starhopper; this full scale prototype was meant to be under construction now at the Port of Los Angeles, but SpaceX didn't renew their lease and are moving construction to Texas, so there's likely not much in LA right now (that can't be moved by truck, rather than barge, to their new Texas facility). It's not clear whether this would be a vehicle that later turns into an operational vehicle, but that full scale prototype will actually test things like the aerodynamics of the rocket (including the special aerodynamic control surfaces, have the proper manufacturing techniques (such as those involved with the active cooling system), etc. Starhopper will get the control laws tuned into the ballpark, the Starship prototype will refine these to transport customer payloads and humans.
    4. This is the key part you missed out - a lot of materials, such as carbon composites, aluminium and even many stainless steels, get weaker when they're subjected to the cryogenic temperatures experienced when being used to store -200C liquids. The specific stainless steel (a slight variant of 301 SS for the tanks, a slight variant of 310 SS for the heat shield outer wall) that SpaceX will be using however actually gets about 50% *stronger* when it experiences these temperatures. The combined cryo + hot strength advantages of steel has ended up resulting in the payload capacity of Starship rising compared to prior carbon composite-based plans.

    • @RaoulPathak
      @RaoulPathak 5 лет назад +4

      Dragon029 Great information, thanks!

    • @astrofan8775
      @astrofan8775 5 лет назад +4

      And that's why i like to - if he covers it - watch Scott Manley, as he tends to cover all of these seemingly less significant points, even if it results in a longer and harder to understand video, as he wants to mainly inform us to the best of his capabilitys. Luckily he did cover this already (actually surprisingly long ago) in some detail, mentioning all of these points (although not all of them to this detail, he expects us to get the starhopper/starship-stuff by just indicating it).

    • @HuntingTarg
      @HuntingTarg 5 лет назад +2

      That is great information, and Scott Manley did cover most of that. It is just formatted like a wall-of-text.
      Sincerely; thx for posting.

    • @mrs.magnet2816
      @mrs.magnet2816 5 лет назад

      can you be more specific

    • @ArtOfRuin981
      @ArtOfRuin981 5 лет назад

      Legit.

  • @djskizzle1
    @djskizzle1 4 года назад +1

    thanks for sharing! "end your day a little smarter" love it

  • @bos3707
    @bos3707 4 года назад

    Very informative! Great content, thank you!

  • @spinor
    @spinor 5 лет назад +72

    Just so you know, "Starhopper" is the test vehicle currently being built. The actual thing will be called "Starship" and the booster "Super Heavy".

    • @LordEvrey
      @LordEvrey 5 лет назад +1

      Also, Starhopper with the old tip was only about 2/3 the size of Starship.

    • @Christopher28fair
      @Christopher28fair 5 лет назад +1

      I thought BFR was great. Versatile.

    • @subwarpspeed
      @subwarpspeed 5 лет назад +2

      Yes thanks for someone correcting that. It stains the work and knowledge he puts into the video when failing to properly name it. One starts to question other stuff then too.

    • @DrewLSsix
      @DrewLSsix 5 лет назад

      “Will be”. As often as plans change I wouldn’t count on it.

    • @_Andrew2002
      @_Andrew2002 5 лет назад +1

      @@Christopher28fair It was but people kept changing Falcon to the F word. You can't have 8 year olds interested in space if the most powerful rocket ever built uses vulgur in it

  • @SevenDeMagnus
    @SevenDeMagnus 5 лет назад +308

    They actually let the carbon fiber tank explode to know it's maximum limit. It didn't fail.

    • @vavra222
      @vavra222 4 года назад +28

      hey, might as well get the most out of it, if you cant really use it..
      at least the info will be useful when and if we can manufacture CF more easily

    • @geraldhenrickson7472
      @geraldhenrickson7472 4 года назад +6

      Interesting...good to know.

    • @tylercobb8293
      @tylercobb8293 4 года назад +10

      Yeah I would say that too to keep investors xD

    • @tylercobb8293
      @tylercobb8293 4 года назад +3

      @@Chamieiniibet it was joke. 😁

  • @r0ntuber
    @r0ntuber 4 года назад

    Thanks for making these videos!

  • @wadesharp11
    @wadesharp11 4 года назад +2

    Il remember this when i build my next space ship!! Thanks

  • @haikiri2011
    @haikiri2011 5 лет назад +14

    Real Engineering 10:36 Sometimes you just need to make mistakes to learn, which is why you should sign up to Brilliant...

  • @spike7112ify
    @spike7112ify 4 года назад +29

    "Think like an engineer" dangerous words to say on the shop floor.

  • @engineer9528
    @engineer9528 4 года назад

    By far my best video in Real Engineering Channel :) Thank you!

  • @jonathanflores3748
    @jonathanflores3748 4 года назад

    Man, you're videos are awesome!! Keep it up!

  • @arshaghazie
    @arshaghazie 5 лет назад +16

    not gonna lie, the sight of rocket landing is super cool

  • @kevdalev
    @kevdalev 5 лет назад +305

    Everyday Astronaut beat you on this topic, but I still watched this whole thing because your videos are just so good!

    • @rounakmahato67866
      @rounakmahato67866 5 лет назад +26

      No way. This one is much better & to the point than everyday astronaut's long & boring video

    • @darkamagumo716
      @darkamagumo716 5 лет назад +6

      @@rounakmahato67866 his video was more entertaining than this lol

    • @petlahk4119
      @petlahk4119 5 лет назад +10

      @@rounakmahato67866 - I agree. I can't stand everyday astronaut because I think his content is lackluster, roundabout, and poorly thought-out. I know that Scott Manley and Everyday Engineering on the other hand take their research seriously as they sometimes talk about other things they've learned while doing research or the books they've used to do research. (And they don't frequently write and speak really bad sentences...)

    • @AnhTrieu90
      @AnhTrieu90 5 лет назад +12

      There is no such thing as too much rocket. I could watch these videos all day without being bored.

    • @Crushnaut
      @Crushnaut 5 лет назад +8

      Scott Manly was all over this topic months ago when the first pictures came out.

  • @cindyr5056
    @cindyr5056 4 года назад

    Great video! Very informative!

  • @amandamartins3610
    @amandamartins3610 4 года назад

    Amazing video! Thanks

  • @craigspakowski7398
    @craigspakowski7398 5 лет назад +20

    I think one aspect that was missed in the video is that Stainless steels have also come a long way as far as properties in the last 50 years. They are generally easier to weld than aluminum alloys and not prone to the same fatigue life. In general Stainless steels have gotten significantly stronger (UTS) in the last 30 years and therefore can be considered an option that was not feasible in the 60's of 70's.

  • @BootlessDave
    @BootlessDave 5 лет назад +346

    Space X: "I can build reusable rockets that land themselves on land or on water at the same time!"
    Wind: "Can i come?"

    • @toddhoward1498
      @toddhoward1498 5 лет назад +24

      Landing rockets on the wind is a genius idea

    • @Yor_gamma_ix_bae
      @Yor_gamma_ix_bae 4 года назад +3

      Heh sad that they only recently figured out it was a bad idea to reuse rockets and thus had to figure out ways to rethink the dmg caused by rentry.

    • @belkys120
      @belkys120 4 года назад +3

      BootlessDave : HAVE U EVER SEEN , ONE LAND .?? 😳😂🤣😂😳.....

    • @Yor_gamma_ix_bae
      @Yor_gamma_ix_bae 4 года назад +2

      selling bad ideas is the best kind of entrepreneurship.

    • @0EEVV0
      @0EEVV0 4 года назад +1

      @@Yor_gamma_ix_bae who's "they"?

  • @leslireimers708
    @leslireimers708 4 года назад

    I agreed with everything you said. But you did not seem to want to replay. So much fun. I am always here for you!

  • @squidwardfromua
    @squidwardfromua Год назад +1

    I like how you explain their decisions just before SpaceX to change them

  • @keithallver2450
    @keithallver2450 5 лет назад +87

    While I hope Elon pulls it off, I wish they would not call the thing Starship. Its supposed to take people to Mar's, not Proxima Centauri.

    • @Bryan-Hensley
      @Bryan-Hensley 5 лет назад +13

      Planetship sounds stupid though

    • @Bryan-Hensley
      @Bryan-Hensley 5 лет назад +26

      Let's go back to Big F*"king Rocket

    • @Desrtfox71
      @Desrtfox71 5 лет назад +19

      Lockheed Shooting Star, Starfighter, Starlifter, Ford Comet, Boeing Starliner. There is a long history of naming various types of vehicle with astronomical names, despite them not being designed to actually go to their namesake. Starship is fine.

    • @keithallver2450
      @keithallver2450 5 лет назад

      @@Bryan-Hensley I was fine with BFR but I preferred Big Falcon Rocket.

    • @Bryan-Hensley
      @Bryan-Hensley 5 лет назад

      @@keithallver2450 I wonder if the upcoming falcon eye rocket had any influence on the name change

  • @DennisTrovato
    @DennisTrovato 5 лет назад +152

    Cuz stainless steel vehicles are better for time travel

    • @dalton-at-work
      @dalton-at-work 5 лет назад +9

      this comment is too far down the thread!

    • @fisherjam5182
      @fisherjam5182 5 лет назад +4

      We don't need roads were we're going!

    • @tidepoolclipper8657
      @tidepoolclipper8657 5 лет назад +3

      Gee, can't wait until someone accidentally encounters their past self and causes the collapse of space time continuum!

    • @andyoli75
      @andyoli75 5 лет назад

      Great Scott!

    • @anthonyvelazquez3283
      @anthonyvelazquez3283 5 лет назад

      @@fisherjam5182 back to the future 2

  • @BradiKal61
    @BradiKal61 4 года назад +16

    This week SpaceX just sent a live crew to the ISS, which the US hasn't been able to do for nine years. Elon Musk has his quirks but he is the kind of entrepreneur that America has been lacking for about 40 years, a true innovator and achiever.
    many other companies have not made nearly so much advancement in their fields (im looking at you,, car companies) but Musk is pushing the envelope and getting results. (by the way the most advancement weve seen in AUTOS was also due to Musk)

    • @wajapip
      @wajapip 3 года назад

      Innovator? As long as you land on a parachute in the ocean? Old stuff, that was the way 60 years ago. Be real and land the normal way on land.

    • @reed2939
      @reed2939 3 года назад

      @@wajapip cringe

  • @iamcarbonandotherbits.8039
    @iamcarbonandotherbits.8039 4 года назад +23

    They couldn't decide on a colour for the ship, Then when the sun's rays hit it, Oooooohh Shiny, We like that, Sod the paint job.

  • @MrTattooASMR
    @MrTattooASMR 5 лет назад +46

    SpaceX is killing it right now.
    I hope this works!

    • @ronschlorff7089
      @ronschlorff7089 5 лет назад +2

      The words "space" and "killing" probably should not be used in the same sentence. Just say'n! :D

    • @24680kong
      @24680kong 5 лет назад +1

      If Musk keeps forcing his engineers at this pace, that might be literal!

    • @ronschlorff7089
      @ronschlorff7089 5 лет назад +1

      @@vonn1334 no thanks, I suppose you might be using your head right now, Mr. Richard Cranium! LOL.

  • @kanva4
    @kanva4 5 лет назад +17

    SpaceX is seriously a hot topic right now

    • @thishadowithin
      @thishadowithin 5 лет назад +2

      So is Tesla. Lot's of skepticism how they're going to survive. Well, that and their solar city plans.

    • @Keldor314
      @Keldor314 5 лет назад +1

      @@thishadowithin SpaceX came out of nowhere and is suddenly launching more than half of all American rockets, and more than a quarter of all rockets in the world. And since Falcon 9 is a medium to heavy lift vehicle, if you compare by payload capacity, the number goes to greater than 50% of the world. If more than half of new American made cars were Teslas, you'd darn right be talking about Telsa being wonderful too.

    • @thishadowithin
      @thishadowithin 5 лет назад +1

      Keldor314 do you believe over half of America will drive a Tesla? They might want to not drive in Winter months. Doors that won't open and completely drained batteries in freezing weather. Not good.

    • @thishadowithin
      @thishadowithin 5 лет назад

      Keldor314 oh and don't forget, his solar empire is collapsing. Double uh oh.

    • @forloop7713
      @forloop7713 5 лет назад

      Spacex is profitable but tesla is not. Tesla is also government funded

  • @BlueJazzBoyNZ
    @BlueJazzBoyNZ 4 года назад

    Thanks for the informed data exposition

  • @edwhalen.1604
    @edwhalen.1604 3 года назад

    You could Rib these verticly too! To boost strength.Iso grid is cool too!You guy's are doing fine so far!Good luck!

  • @isaiahphillip4112
    @isaiahphillip4112 5 лет назад +143

    I love this channel, this was a bit of a bizarre video though. Mentioning the fact that the Starship has to reenter "not once, but twice" kind of down plays the significance of what Spacex is doing here. They're not just developing a rocket for the purpose of going to Mars and coming back, they're trying to design a rocket that can go to Mars, come back, and then leave again any number of times.
    The goal is a fully reusable rocket than can go to space and reenter tens, hundreds, or maybe even (a bit aspirational) thousands of times. And it's not just for Mars, it'll also do routine launches of satellites and cargo to places like the ISS, geostationary orbit, etc. It's intended to completely replace the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, so it's going to be doing quite a bit more than going to Mars.

    • @HuntingTarg
      @HuntingTarg 5 лет назад +24

      I think a dozen flights would be great reusability - a hundred would be phe-nominal!
      It might not be a far-off time where someone is on Mars or a Jovian moon trying to explain to their students or children (one and the same?) What the days of aluminum & carbon fiber rockets were like and why it took six decades to make reliable rockets out of steel.
      I should plan to see a Falcon Launch soon - there will be more while Starship is being tested.

    • @cr-xgus6714
      @cr-xgus6714 5 лет назад +3

      Although remember this is only starship that they are planning to make out of stainless. The rocket, or BFR, is likely going to be made of the same composites as falcon, if I'm not mistaken.

    • @lukenuke8821
      @lukenuke8821 5 лет назад +1

      Yes, the rocket could be reused BUT the initial challenge is to get it up to mars, bring it back and most importantly have it's crew not die.
      Then, when the rocket is safe home it will be possible to do repairs, change the outer most layer or shields or whatever. The rocket itself will be the same but it won't land and go back again instantly. The structural integrity of the steel won't be the same the first time it launches and when it comes back.
      What I'm trying to say is that the initial challenge is to: build rocket to get to mars and back, then the next challenge would be different, use old rocket to get people to orbit.

    • @jeremiah1st
      @jeremiah1st 4 года назад +1

      I would fly to the moon a couple of times before flying to mars but Elon has other impossibble plans. People wake up from this fakery

    • @cr-xgus6714
      @cr-xgus6714 4 года назад +3

      ​@@jeremiah1st More crazy, unrealistic Elon goals. It more nonsense like electric cars, tunnels, re-usable rockets, etc. When are people going to realise that Elon's plans never amount to anything.

  • @amon2onej27
    @amon2onej27 4 года назад +3

    This is slowly becoming my favorite channel

  • @doc2help
    @doc2help 4 года назад +192

    Cooling the skin with cow farts!! Intriguing.

    • @joseinfante5054
      @joseinfante5054 4 года назад +2

      Hoo ...! Yes, and use virgin girl's piss for fuel ..!

    • @epiccollision
      @epiccollision 4 года назад +1

      Liquid cow farts

    • @TheSOULBRUVVA
      @TheSOULBRUVVA 3 года назад

      ITS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS SWAMP GAS...sorry i shouted, some of you still hand your dicks in your hands!

    • @larryechols8487
      @larryechols8487 3 года назад

      @@epiccollision , good idea.

  • @florenciovela7570
    @florenciovela7570 2 года назад

    we love space x. We traveled to Boca Chica to the the starshing get built. & we got the S dual motor fsd last Christmas 🎄 😎 still have the cybertruck tri motor or 4 motor fsd on order..

  • @brzak1ad
    @brzak1ad 5 лет назад +3

    The way he said "aluminum" had me cracking up! His accent sounded like a mix between an Irishman and a pirate, naturally I'm super jealous that I don't talk like that! Definitely kept me entertained mimicking him throughout the video - but all jokes aside, love the video, and please keep up the good work!

    • @RillaVanillaKilla
      @RillaVanillaKilla 5 лет назад

      Adam Brzak, I know right, saying a word like it’s meant to be said, and not the butchered American pronunciation. Wild.

    • @Jondiceful
      @Jondiceful 5 лет назад

      That's because they spell it funny too. Instead of Aluminum, they spell it Aluminium. We are both pronouncing it right, since the word itself is different despite referring to the exact same substance.

  • @FutureNow
    @FutureNow 5 лет назад +630

    Plus it won't rust from all the humidity on Mars 😝

    • @meegomeow
      @meegomeow 5 лет назад +26

      There is no humidity in Mars armosphere

    • @FutureNow
      @FutureNow 5 лет назад +229

      @@meegomeow That's the joke, my dude.

    • @kanva4
      @kanva4 5 лет назад +64

      @@meegomeow whoooosh! There goes the Big F*cking Rocket (BFR) aka the joke

    • @nootnootpenguino8586
      @nootnootpenguino8586 5 лет назад +29

      @@meegomeow r/woooooooooosssshhhhh

    • @romane.67
      @romane.67 5 лет назад +4

      @@nootnootpenguino8586 R/woooosh 4 o's

  • @BullCheatFR
    @BullCheatFR 3 года назад +7

    “On the surface though the whole operation looks a bit like a shitshow” 😂😂😂

    • @bergonius
      @bergonius 3 года назад

      It's just highlights how far they went in just 2 years.

    • @BullCheatFR
      @BullCheatFR 3 года назад +1

      @@bergonius yeah. I just thought that RE brings it up in a funny way

  • @Vamarkos
    @Vamarkos 3 года назад

    Excelent presentation and material

  • @FutureNow
    @FutureNow 5 лет назад +587

    Elon Musk really needs to sign up for Brilliant.

    • @HenkdeYouTubesteen
      @HenkdeYouTubesteen 5 лет назад +53

      Brilliant really needs to sing up for Elon Musk

    • @Lezzylree
      @Lezzylree 5 лет назад +7

      Why? He is already educated on rockery

    • @Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un
      @Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un 5 лет назад +28

      His team of European engineers that work at SpaceX are the real geniuses if we're being honest.
      German Engineering > Rest of World

    • @HenkdeYouTubesteen
      @HenkdeYouTubesteen 5 лет назад +4

      @@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un you mean dutch engineering, right?

    • @BlueBetaPro
      @BlueBetaPro 5 лет назад +5

      @@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un That's a pretty ignorant statement. ruclips.net/video/CIvtiNpKEY0/видео.html

  • @TheExoplanetsChannel
    @TheExoplanetsChannel 5 лет назад +31

    Great video!

  • @creamcheese6236
    @creamcheese6236 4 года назад +1

    I'm glad space X is using steel. Those concepts just look so futuristic!

  • @mathiastwp
    @mathiastwp 4 года назад +1

    I would love for you to do an update on BFR development, now that the Mk1 Starship is close to complete. The fact that they can make something like that on a beach in Texas, is maybe the most impressive thing about it. It's like performing surgery in a blooming canola field.

  • @seq165432
    @seq165432 5 лет назад +43

    Matt Groening deserves credit for the design of that spaceship - because I've seen it before on Futurama!!

    • @jeremiah1st
      @jeremiah1st 4 года назад +2

      And I have seen it in Thunderbirds 50 years ago

    • @hebegebes1785
      @hebegebes1785 4 года назад

      @cosmicVox13 i saw it on buck rogers

    • @adambomb8324
      @adambomb8324 4 года назад +1

      I saw Marvin Martiain arrive on planET earth in that exact same rocket. I think Bugs Bunny rode on one of those too.

  • @Mouthuos
    @Mouthuos 5 лет назад +3

    "Sometimes you just need to make mistakes to learn" you sir, are a legend.

  • @dahorakk
    @dahorakk 4 года назад +90

    What I learned: Space travel is just min/maxing.

    • @Real_MisterSir
      @Real_MisterSir 4 года назад +8

      Yep, there are no do-it-all solutions in space travel. It's always a matter of where and how you compromise for the job you need to accomplish. It's the same with the rocket science behind the engines etc, there is never a holy grail solution for any problem - only solutions that sacrifice as little as possible of what is essential.

    • @ChiccinTendies
      @ChiccinTendies 4 года назад +2

      @pyropulse Yeah this kid needs to go outside more and realize that the game of life is literally min/maxing.

    • @thiencaunguyen1078
      @thiencaunguyen1078 3 года назад

      Gồ

  • @antonmodig9378
    @antonmodig9378 4 года назад

    Really great video! But the best part was the extremely smooth segway to your sponsor :)

  • @TimothyWhiteheadzm
    @TimothyWhiteheadzm 5 лет назад +115

    One important factor you didn't give enough attention to is the fact that with very large spacecraft, there is more room for carrying extra weight. For smaller spacecraft there is a very small margin and any extra mass means significantly higher launch costs per kg. However, for a large reusable spacecraft the equation changes dramatically. There is much more room for extra mass and reliability and reusability become far more important. The main reason why super large rockets have not been used till now is the lack of reusability meant the greater complexity of larger rockets was less economical than small ones. They would have had to launch large numbers of satellites on every launch to be economically viable.

    • @iainstenhouse8399
      @iainstenhouse8399 5 лет назад

      Also this is not for spaceflight, it is only for testing the dynamics of the vehicle when landing vertically

    • @bluegrayskies3831
      @bluegrayskies3831 5 лет назад +1

      Timothy Whitehead that’s what everyone thought when they decided to make the space shuttle, and now look at it.

    • @splintcell2692
      @splintcell2692 5 лет назад +1

      They says SSTO's sucks. Let's see till someone built a cost efficient and quality SSTO then that kind of rocket reusable will be obsolete.

    • @iainstenhouse8399
      @iainstenhouse8399 5 лет назад +1

      Splint Cell eh as nice as SSTOs are on paper it’s far more efficient and cheap even with potential future innovations. Why try and make something a ssto when for the same cost you could have a 2 stage rocket and launch far more. Do not get me wrong sstos are cool they just don’t really work for Earth

    • @iainstenhouse8399
      @iainstenhouse8399 5 лет назад

      Oh and I assume that your on about a reusable ssto.

  • @blazer6248
    @blazer6248 5 лет назад +147

    FYI that aluminum CNC'd away IS NOT wasted. It's collected, melted down, and reused to make new aluminum billets.
    At least it is in any other business besides SpaceX. I assume they do the same. No one would just "waste" that much aluminum and just throw it away, actually wasting it.

    • @myvids4329
      @myvids4329 5 лет назад +18

      Can't do that with carbon fiber, which is what the BFR was originally going to made from

    • @consciouscool
      @consciouscool 5 лет назад +5

      They recycle at the space center and at space x.

    • @pdoylemi
      @pdoylemi 5 лет назад +16

      Yeah, but the value of the aluminum shavings is tiny compared to the part they were shaved from. The original part might cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and you get to sell back a few thousand in scrap aluminum - it is just slightly better than a total waste.

    • @24680kong
      @24680kong 5 лет назад +44

      They don't call it "waste" because they throw it away, they call it that because it is a waste of time, energy, and money. The more material to be removed, the more time it takes (man hours and machine time) to remove it. And it takes a lot more electrical energy to do this. And all this brings up the cost. They don't get much money back from their aluminum waste. Designing parts with less of this waste is super important in producing things economically.

    • @pdoylemi
      @pdoylemi 5 лет назад +2

      @@24680kong
      Isn't that basically what I said?

  • @Really658
    @Really658 4 года назад +2

    Great video I subscribed after seeing the production footage always wondered how they did that.

  • @jahmalbaptiste9915
    @jahmalbaptiste9915 4 года назад +8

    "Sometimes you just need to make mistakes to learn... *Which is why you should sign up to Brilliant*"
    Damn that was brutal XD

    • @joseinfante5054
      @joseinfante5054 4 года назад

      The problem is this one, you learn to create mistakes and you can't create anything else and you are 100 years late. Damn this is brutal. Albert Einstein will smile when he sees these Havana cigars, hungry for fuel and slow as snails, after having seen Tesla UFO testings at 100,000 Klm / h. Real engineering 100 years late in time. TESLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @benitollan
    @benitollan 5 лет назад +8

    I highly recommend watching Scott Manley's videos to learn about rocketry stuff in a divulgative level (there're more interesting channels but that's the one I'd always recommend first).

  • @davidcadman4468
    @davidcadman4468 4 года назад +5

    few months later, and we are on the cusp of Starhopper doing a 20 m hope, with Starship doing a 20 Km hop in a few months. Hope you will do a follow up. cheers

  • @superspies32
    @superspies32 Год назад +3

    Who come here after the launch? Starship roll multiple times at highest speed and still intact before be self-destructed. Its shown that Stainless steel is ultimate choice for it and maybe later space rockets.

    • @konkam744
      @konkam744 Месяц назад

      Nasa had made a rocket from stainless steal and it couldn't stand its own weight if it wasn't pressurized, it collapsed on the launch pad

  • @AnnaLVajda
    @AnnaLVajda 4 года назад +1

    I love that design.

  • @snootdingo9365
    @snootdingo9365 5 лет назад +59

    Short answer: they felt like replicating Queen Amidala's ship.

    • @greenbanana311
      @greenbanana311 5 лет назад +1

      What's with these trite, vapid comments?

    • @waynebow-gu7wr
      @waynebow-gu7wr 4 года назад +1

      @@greenbanana311 I think the ' Queen Amidala ' remark refers to an old scifi 'Silent Movie '. ruclips.net/video/yoROo4Ur49c/видео.html

    • @vegacomplex8290
      @vegacomplex8290 4 года назад +4

      @@waynebow-gu7wr you ever seen the Star Wars prequels?

    • @waynebow-gu7wr
      @waynebow-gu7wr 4 года назад

      @@vegacomplex8290 No I haven't... but I realized after posting the link , it was Queen Aelita. But the space ship does look like Musks !

  • @Patchuchan
    @Patchuchan 5 лет назад +7

    Use of propellant for cooling during reentry is not as unusual as you think as this is not the first time it was proposed on a space vehicle.
    It was featured on a lot of Phillip Bono's designs such as the SASSTO and ROMBUS.

  • @mgpmisterk2322
    @mgpmisterk2322 4 года назад

    what a genius design, amazing

  • @madhavagrawal8303
    @madhavagrawal8303 4 года назад +14

    Dude, you are better than my physics teacher. You might have just inspired a kid to become an aerospace engineer.

    • @bramantyopamungkas2368
      @bramantyopamungkas2368 4 года назад +3

      Astronautics engineering student here. Its super challenging. Math.. and programming.. and math.. and programming.. calculus everywhere

    • @a-drewg1716
      @a-drewg1716 4 года назад +6

      seriously though most people want to be a aerospace engineer, but then you go to college. Then you take an engineering calculus class and you realize....... that liberal arts degree doesn't look so bad anymore.

    • @DJLite4011
      @DJLite4011 3 года назад

      Be inspirational.

  • @ihavetowait90daystochangem67
    @ihavetowait90daystochangem67 5 лет назад +389

    We don’t care about actual rockets, we only care about Elon making genetically engineered cat girls

    • @thatgreenneko
      @thatgreenneko 5 лет назад +26

      Comrade.You have my support.

    • @spaceman6463
      @spaceman6463 5 лет назад +7

      I have to wait 90 days to change my name
      Yes yes this has my support

    • @jas4768
      @jas4768 5 лет назад +12

      Fucking furries

    • @lioraselby5328
      @lioraselby5328 5 лет назад +33

      bind nah it’s weebs. Furries want to fuck fully sentient bipedal cats. Weebs just want a human girl with cat ears.

    • @sirdank5422
      @sirdank5422 5 лет назад +27

      Every dollar spent on mars rockets is a dollar not spent genetically engineering catgirls for domestic ownership.

  • @zach4832
    @zach4832 5 лет назад +614

    *Me acting as if understood anything he said in the video*

    • @LordSandwichII
      @LordSandwichII 5 лет назад +54

      Well, it is rocket science, so...

    • @taliakellegg5978
      @taliakellegg5978 5 лет назад +3

      Same

    • @RU-zm7wj
      @RU-zm7wj 5 лет назад +4

      Physics 101.

    • @uTubeMeltsYourBrain
      @uTubeMeltsYourBrain 5 лет назад +8

      Da fuck? He’s not even using any math.

    • @tiagosimoes6070
      @tiagosimoes6070 5 лет назад +7

      its easy you see? its just... rocket...metal... hot...hmm...wind making rocket fall over....hmmmm..science, its... easy

  • @jorgeluis1361
    @jorgeluis1361 4 года назад +1

    Dude we need an updated SpaceX video. So much has happened since you released this one.

  • @b-man2961
    @b-man2961 5 лет назад +7

    Could I also suggest that Stainless Steel might offer greater protection from particle bombardment and Hard Radiation, as well as the other benefits?

    • @greenbanana311
      @greenbanana311 5 лет назад +1

      Nothing's preventing you from doing so.

  • @chinito2912
    @chinito2912 5 лет назад +532

    Elon Musk: “In this spaceship we will reach mars”
    Spaceship: *gets knocked down by wind*

    • @TauLepton-od3zz
      @TauLepton-od3zz 5 лет назад +19

      that's just hopper

    • @shockwave2291
      @shockwave2291 5 лет назад +67

      "Tis' but a scratch!"

    • @theholderscock
      @theholderscock 5 лет назад +30

      Elon musk: *tests it without he top half*

    • @CardZed
      @CardZed 5 лет назад +8

      @@theholderscock thats the plan lol, this thing wont go to space. Its like the Grasshopper, just tests.

    • @austinbarnard7688
      @austinbarnard7688 5 лет назад +2

      Starrrrrrrshipppppp is almost ready 🚀

  • @monkeyboyzinaction
    @monkeyboyzinaction 3 года назад +2

    Wondering if you would do an update video on Starship now that it has been 2 years its truly amazing how they developed both Starship + their new raptor engine. And if you notice in Starships current development they have reverted back to using ablative tiles which is interesting.

  • @SnackPack913
    @SnackPack913 2 месяца назад +2

    It’s funny watching this 4 years in the future where they have just successfully blasted starship into orbit

  • @dheemanrajkhowa2866
    @dheemanrajkhowa2866 5 лет назад +8

    Please do one on the raptor engine as well!!

  • @MehNamesKing
    @MehNamesKing 5 лет назад +63

    Nah it's for aesthetic. Obviously.

    • @Sataka23clips
      @Sataka23clips 5 лет назад +11

      The KingTeam apple has joined the chat

    • @vedant6633
      @vedant6633 5 лет назад

      @@Sataka23clips lol

  • @RCAvhstape
    @RCAvhstape 3 года назад +1

    The X-20 Dyna Soar's heat shielding also would've used liquid coolant during peak heating.

  • @Acein3055
    @Acein3055 Год назад

    Thanks for the well done video. What I liked most about this video is that it wasn't degraded by having to look at someone's face presenting this video.