Starbase, Tx - SpaceX Launch Infrastructure - Page 4

madog222 · #61 Posted **Apr 14, 2023, 9:15 AM**

Orbital launch next week!

aaron38 · #62 Posted **Apr 15, 2023, 12:20 PM**

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Orbital launch next week!

Yep! I promise not to spam this thread with a bunch of spaceflight posts, since this thread is focused on construction. But it does look like this is happening! Date is currently Monday, 4/17.

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JACKinBeantown · #63 Posted **Apr 15, 2023, 7:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by aaron38

Yep! I promise not to spam this thread with a bunch of spaceflight posts, since this thread is focused on construction. But it does look like this is happening! Date is currently Monday, 4/17.

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Thanks!

aaron38 · #64 Posted **May 29, 2023, 5:33 PM**

A lot of new construction and repair work going on.

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aaron38 · #65 Posted **Aug 30, 2023, 6:01 PM**

Dang, Starbase is growing so fast they're already tearing down earlier buildings to make room for bigger ones.

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aaron38 · #66 Posted **Jul 11, 2024, 2:23 PM**

More skyline changes, 2nd launch tower is going up, first section stacking today.

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aaron38 · #67 Posted **Aug 22, 2024, 7:19 PM**

Tower 2 is topped out!

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aaron38 · #68 Posted **Sep 6, 2024, 2:32 PM**

Another update of construction and progress around Starbase.

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aaron38 · #69 Posted **Sep 27, 2024, 2:40 PM**

SpaceX posted another set of iconic images. I love the shot of all the guys sitting on the catch arms (the chopsticks).

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1839064233612611788

JManc · #70 Posted **Sep 27, 2024, 7:46 PM**

I would love to drive down there and watch a launch but a long haul there and back...

Hudson11 · #71 Posted **Sep 28, 2024, 2:24 AM**

Yeah, it is quite literally one of the extreme ends of the country. As far south in Texas or the US as you can go. Other than maybe the Florida Keys.

Gantz · #72 Posted **Oct 2, 2024, 9:22 PM**

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Yeah, it is quite literally one of the extreme ends of the country. As far south in Texas or the US as you can go. Other than maybe the Florida Keys.

Its not that bad if you're going there on purpose. Its about half an hour drive if you fly into Brownsville. There is nothing to do there though besides seeing Starbase.

aaron38 · #73 Posted **Oct 2, 2024, 9:53 PM**

It's only a few miles from South Padre Island. Most people watch from there because of the safety range, can't get much closer.

This is probably the best resource for staying and viewing a launch.
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=44658.80

aaron38 · #74 Posted **Oct 13, 2024, 12:47 PM**

Science fiction is now Science Fact.

They caught the booster!

There will be plenty of edited videos later. For now, enjoy!

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JManc · #75 Posted **Oct 13, 2024, 10:03 PM**

I just drove from Omaha to Boise using the most circuitous route possible, I think I could trek down to S. Texas from Houston to catch an upcoming Starship launch. Never got a chance to see the Shuttle so def. Need to see this at least once. This last one was nothing short of impressive. We do live in the future.

aaron38 · #76 Posted **Oct 25, 2024, 1:50 AM**

Getting ready for Flight 6:

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mrnyc · #77 Posted **Nov 7, 2024, 5:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by JManc

I just drove from Omaha to Boise using the most circuitous route possible, I think I could trek down to S. Texas from Houston to catch an upcoming Starship launch. Never got a chance to see the Shuttle so def. Need to see this at least once. This last one was nothing short of impressive. We do live in the future.

my mom & her husband are fla retirees and so one time on a visit we drove down to the cape and watched a falcon heavy spacex iss supply launch. words cannot even describe the experience. its very stunning to say the least. definitely catch a launch sometime. its a real bucketlist thing to do.

aaron38 · #78 Posted **Nov 15, 2024, 6:51 PM**

Preparations for Flight 6, Monday 11-18-24 at 4pm CST are proceeding.

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Flight 6 full stack ✅

The world's largest and most powerful launch vehicle stands poised and ready once again following the Starship program's fifth flight just over one month ago.

- @NASASpaceflight

- youtube.com/live/unrfafDj3…

https://twitter.com/_mgde_/status/1857268282924875895

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mrnyc · #79 Posted **Jan 6, 2025, 2:33 AM**

they aren’t too happy with musky around vandenberg —

SpaceX launches cause late-night booms that rattle windows, set off car alarms, and may damage property. Some locals are pushing back.

Story by ktangalakislippert

SpaceX rocket launches from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, some taking place between midnight and 5 a.m., have also triggered car alarms, loosened light fixtures, and knocked books and framed photos from the shelves inside homes, residents of Santa Barbara County, California, told Business Insider.

more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ar-AA1wZ8qh

mousquet · #80 Posted **Jan 17, 2025, 9:42 PM**

Elon Musk is some kind of megalomaniac weirdo with both good and bad ideas.
He would confess it, himself.
Too bad the character got so involved in politics and grew so controversial. He might have to pay the price for it in the end.
Whatever, the SpaceX reusable booster is more than a minor enhancement, it is likely to revolutionize the entire space industry. It still was science fiction just years ago.
That's what engineers are given to achieve when a crazy billionaire watched Star Wars too much.
And it's very cool. We need this kind of technology to go further into space. Musk is right in that respect.