Launch System 2: Rocket Production Line
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2023
- Astra's Rocket Production Line leverages advanced automation inspired by the automotive industry, enabling us to achieve unprecedented scalability and reliability with the production of Rocket 4. Learn more at astra.com/launch-services.
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Rapid deployment of things into space at scale? Elon always said.... It's harder to produce at scale than figure out how to build the product. The production line is the biggest challenge. You guys are doing great!
Some if us have invested a lot in you, please don't disappoint. We want you to succeed. 😊
Astra team, I know there are haters here. Time will tell, there are people like me who still believe in you guys. Prove it to them, sooner or later.
Cool. Would be interested to see how you are producing the components that are a bit more difficult to automate. Tubes, valves, engine assembly, integration and testing.
Keep it up❤
Brilliant. so glad I stayed with you folks. The Future looks brighter.
your welder person seems very professional and upbeat. Should consider sliding her to trainer/supervisor if not already.
Let’s goooo!!!! 🙌🙌🙌
Go Astra, I know you will do it
Great video. Good pacing
That is some beautiful metal there.
Just incredible, despite layoffs, they're still able to weld stainless steel barrels. Some rocket science here!
Everything but launching rockets successfully! Let’s stop the charade and have kemp move to Hollywood to make promotional films
@@randycastillo1353 they have launched rockets successfully multiple times...
@@myotherusernamerulesthen why are they close to bankruptcy?
@@randycastillo1353 they're not. But people have even saying that for years. Now the production facility is fully built and they have revenue from their spacecraft engines.
@@myotherusernameruleshave you seen financial statements? As of now, free cash left is only around 25 million and every quarter they burn at least 50 million which means they will be bankrupt by next quarter!!
Seriously impressive stuff guys, hope you come out the end of all this financial stuff soon and get Rocket 4 flying!
What exactly empresses you? Cutting metal sheets? Or welding them?
@@zerosentoki the whole production line itself, yes it’s small scale and not huge but the fact they don’t do bits and add other bits in different places, the whole thing is from sheet to whole tanks. The NSF video gives much better views.
I hope so too@@ptolemythespacenerd
@@ptolemythespacenerd Do you mean it's impressive that they have enough floor area to place machines there? Well, if it's a matter of floor space, then that's impressive.
What I see is a lot of metal sheet work, like at a roofing company, and a firing engine that was bought from Firefly.
@@zerosentoki you know they weren't talking about the floor area. Don't be a troll.
Magnífico 😍😍
Go Astra!!
Awesome! 😎😎😎
Can all of these be scaled and automated within near future?
whats the thickness of that metal sheet ?
😅😅😅😮😅😅well information good show 😅😅
Hi Chris Kemp! What is your exit-strategy as CEO? Do you wanna sell Astra and Astra Spacecraft during the next 2 years? Or you wanna stay and make Astra great? Whatever- good luck to Astra and Astra Team! I hope you can implement and start Rocket 4 successfully.
The exit strategy likely involves a nice golden parachute for him.
Send it!
Astra desperately needs to show reliability with LS 2/Rocket 4. Yes, failures happen, but there have been a lot of failures in what, by footprint, is a very attractive rocket. There are only so many chances Space Force can give them to produce a working mobile launch, soft land ICBM before they pull the plug on the concept.
Dude, they don't have money for Rocket 4 launch 😮
Half of billion dollars of investor's money to just make an aluminium barrel. I think we just saw the world's most expensive aluminium barrel
you realize that's not all they've done, right?
They did launch a few of those barrels into space
@@raterus they launched a few dozen satellites into space.
@@raterus wrong, what u see here is a production line for rocket 4, a rocket that wasn't launched yet. This production line is not the same as rocket 3.
Yes is that why @astra put a few payloads into Orbit.Go back to University and learn about RocketSC
Can anyone explain why they are using two different kinds of welding techniques there? Like, why not just use one for everything?
Friction stir welding is really great and has numerous advantages, but is difficult to do on curved surfaces. I know ULA is able to do this on the domes for Centaur, but it's a very special process.
@@infinitytec Thank you! It's just not worth the investment for them at this stage, I guess.
Thanks for the question @807800!
In cylindrical pressure vessels, there is twice as much stress in the 'hoop' direction (around the circumference) than in the axial direction (along the rocket) within the tank skin material. This means that the weld that is in the axial direction is trying to be pulled apart the most, and the strength of that weld is critical for the performance of the rocket, as it drives the thickness (and therefore mass/weight) of the tank skin.
We use a very high performing weld there, as it is relatively simple to do a friction stir weld in a straight line. It is quite complicated to do a friction stir weld around the circumference of the tank, and the weld doesn't need to be as strong, so we chose a simpler and common weld method for the circumference.
@@AstraSpace Kinda like the second stage! Now, I understand it! Thank you for the explanation!
@@AstraSpace why not just use aircraft rivets?
Just give it up Lstra, you're done.
The comments are interesting and while lots of people are rooting for Astra, myself included, you can’t ignore that it doesn’t all look good. In fact… about 90% of it looks really bad. Lay offs, shares and stocks in free fall and NASA satellites lost. Here’s hoping the next launch works because if it doesn’t, it most certainly will be the final nail.
Wicked
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Too late for lifting stock prices.
Харе херней заниматься !!! Делайте ракеты!!!! Акция уже 0.22 цента !!!! Нужно что бы акция стоила 100 долларов
Astra shares are cheaper than toilet paper! Buy and wipe your asses with them😂
Is this supposed to make me feel better about my investment? Because it doesn't.
launch, adjust, launch, adjust, launch, until you prove your concept....
"I’m a public company, I can’t make this shit up. We are disclosing our gross margins. We are disclosing the amount of inventory we have. SpaceX isn’t. Rocket Lab is, and they’re losing $50 million per quarter."
~Chris Kemp
Such a bad statement.
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Lol rocket production line? When was the last time you even launched a rocket? Let alone got one to orbit 😂😂😂
Can't wait until Rocket Lab gets to buy all this equipment for cheap once disAstra goes BK... maybe Beck can buy one of Kemp's black leather jackets haha 😂
Why show the Rocket 4 production line when you guys essentially just laid off the majority of those working on it, while moving a sizable amount to the Engine side of the business...?
Because they are still working on Rocket 4.
‘Cause they said Laidoff, not close Launch Serv😅
Stop wasting time making videos and promos and instead focus on launch services revenue
They have to make videos like this, to attract/trick investors. That's more lucrative and easier to do than actually launching a rocket.