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  • #106
    Boca Chica,

    Sounds like assembly may happen in the IronHenge (wind break)

    LabPadre @LabPadre
    A ring headed to Iron Henge. #SpaceX #Starship #MK3 #BocaChica #Texas Watch http://youtube.com/labpadre/live for more upcoming action!

    ELJ1XCsWsAA4s_U.jpg

    https://twitter.com/LabPadre/status/1203153097654251520
    Dr. Mordrid
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    • #107
      Ciro Morales @CiroTweeter
      Facility being built by #SpaceX on Launch Complex 39A for their #Starship
      #NASA #KennedySpaceCenter
      @NASAKennedy

      https://twitter.com/CiroTweeter/status/1203847693203886080


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      • #108
        Fan-art, but a nice size comparison.
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        • #109
          It'll be a nearly 100 foot/30m tall launch platform with an actively cooled diverter (no trench) and the Mother of All Deluges. Add a 500+ foot tower with a hammerhead crane & Crew/Cargo Arm and that'll be the KSC LC-39A Super Heavy/Starship pad.

          CC at Boca Chica (already under construction)

          Jared Frankle @realChefJared
          #SpaceX 39A #Starship launch pad progress. Is that the start of a flame diverter I see
          https://t.co/ZeSdq1Yxen


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          https://twitter.com/realChefJared/status/1206651404288483328
          Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 16 December 2019, 16:27.
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          • #110
            Video at tweet

            Elon Musk ✓ @elonmusk
            Was up all night with SpaceX team working on Starship tank dome production (most difficult part of primary structure). Dawn arrives … https://t.co/SzyDSYUYOu

            Boca Chica Mk3 dome Dec 27 2019.jpg

            https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1210649166407438336
            Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 28 December 2019, 08:27.
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            • #111
              Elon Musk ✓ @elonmusk
              We're now building flight design of Starship SN1, but each SN will have at least minor improvements, at least through SN20 or so of Starship V1.0.
              >
              Flight is hopefully 2 to 3 months away

              https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1210756338348744705
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              • #112
                Test tank "test to failure"

                New tank building equipment & design, so

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                • #113
                  LC-39A,

                  Marek Cyzio @MarekCyzio
                  #Starship #spacex launch pad.

                  https://twitter.com/MarekCyzio/status/1216405128674193408


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                  • #114
                    Header tanks = landing propellants

                    Elon Musk ✓ @elonmusk
                    Starship orbital vehicle SN1, liquid oxygen header tank & nosecone https://t.co/IaSEdIyZgP

                    IMG_20200116_102935.jpg

                    https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1217742268393607168
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                    • #115
                      Bulkhead test tank 2 moving to the pad area


                      Report (tested with water - liquid nitrogen next, which will harden this steel);

                      Elon Musk @elonmusk
                      Starship 9m test tank made 7.5 bar at room temp! Small leak at a weld doubler. Will be repaired & retested at cryo.
                      https://t.co/Bz3lrwkYRU


                      https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1221938474233868288

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                      Everyday Asteonaut @Erdayastronaut
                      Awesome! Congrats! Feeling confident enough in the welds and manufacturing to go ahead with SN1?
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                      Elon Musk @elonmusk
                      Yes

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                      • #116
                        Starship SN1 tank test to failure. They need it to hold 8.5 bar.

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                        Elon Musk @elonmusk
                        Liquid nitrogen cryogenic strength test underway ☃️ https://t.co/qRPBLInqm0

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                        KABOOM!! Waiting for results, but some folks are cheering.

                        Yup,

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                        Elon Musk @elonmusk
                        8.5 bar

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                        And the first 2 domes for SN1 have been built.
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                        • #117
                          [QUOTE=Starship SN1 tank test to failure. They need it to hold 8.5 bar. [/QUOTE]

                          That's a pretty low bar (~125 PSI, 850kPa) most shop compressors can do that... I see what they are doing it for, however. It's one thing to pressurize an aluminum can to that pressure... quite another to do it with a 9 meter diameter "can" with a skin thickness of 3mm... the total pressure exerted is enormous...
                          Hey, Donny! We got us a German who wants to die for his country... Oblige him. - Lt. Aldo Raine

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                          • #118
                            Stacking rings at Boca Chica...
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                            • #119
                              Elon Musk ✓ @elonmusk
                              Starship career day at the Stargate building (Boca Chica Blvd, TX) this Thursday from 3pm to 9pm!
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                              This is mainly for staffing up 4 production shifts for 24/7 operations, but engineers, supervisors & support personnel are certainly needed too. A super hardcore work ethic, talent for building things, common sense & trustworthiness are required, the rest we can train.

                              https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1224625719659110400
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                              • #120
                                @bocachicagal
                                The first Starship SN1 barrel section has been brought out of the tent this morning at SpaceX Boca Chica.
                                @NASASpaceflight

                                https://twitter.com//status/1225060409029398532
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