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AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #2300 on:** April 21, 2023, 04:34:01 PM »

Quote from: WLJ on April 21, 2023, 02:56:20 PM

Anyone care to guess how deep that hole is?

I'm guessing about 20 feet deep?

Makes me wonder how far down the pilings go...

WLJ · « **Reply #2301 on:** April 21, 2023, 04:41:32 PM »

Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on April 21, 2023, 04:34:01 PM

I'm guessing about 20 feet deep?

Makes me wonder how far down the pilings go...

Someone in chat said 150 ft to bedrock.

Can't confirm that but did find this. Says at least 100 ft

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By mid-March, SpaceX had begun clearing away some of the dirt on top, revealing a beefy foundation with 25 two-foot-thick (~1m) piles buried at least 100 ft (30m) deep in the sandy wetlands. Two weeks later, the foundation has been encased in concrete and the framework for massive base is nearly ready for its first concrete pour.

https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-booster-catching-launch-tower-progress/

WLJ · « **Reply #2302 on:** April 21, 2023, 04:50:11 PM »

https://iamaspacefan.myshopify.com/products/starship-s24-b7-first-flight-test-4-20-t-shirt-unisex

WLJ · « **Reply #2303 on:** April 21, 2023, 05:26:06 PM »

Water-cooled, steel plate

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Elon Musk
@elonmusk
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3m
Replying to
@SciGuySpace
3 months ago, we started building a massive water-cooled, steel plate to go under the launch mount.

Wasn’t ready in time & we wrongly thought, based on static fire data, that Fondag would make it through 1 launch.

Looks like we can be ready to launch again in 1 to 2 months.

I wouldn't be betting the farm on 1-2 months.

WLJ · « **Reply #2304 on:** April 21, 2023, 05:50:50 PM »

https://shop.nasaspaceflight.com/products/oft-a-concrete-way-to-go

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #2305 on:** April 21, 2023, 06:10:21 PM »

Quote from: WLJ on April 21, 2023, 05:26:06 PM

Water-cooled, steel plate

I wouldn't be betting the farm on 1-2 months.

Kind of a punch in the nose for the Fondag folks. Their product got a lot of hype in the space news and engineering marketplace for being chosen as the blast platform for this rocket.

WLJ · « **Reply #2306 on:** April 21, 2023, 06:26:06 PM »

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Fondag®
Highly resistant and robust, Fondag concrete is unshakeable. Nothing stands in its way; neither cold, extreme heat nor corrosion. Even under extreme conditions.

B7: Challenge accepted

WLJ · « **Reply #2307 on:** April 21, 2023, 06:32:25 PM »

Watching the NSF chat and theirs wasn't the only vehicle that took a hit. They just showed LabP's and the windows are blown out

WLJ · « **Reply #2308 on:** April 22, 2023, 10:42:53 AM »

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RGV Aerial Photography
@RGVaerialphotos
These are the water cooled steel plates @elonmusk
said would go under the OLM.

Photo, click to enlarge https://twitter.com/RGVaerialphotos/status/1649538716392628225

WLJ · « **Reply #2309 on:** April 22, 2023, 10:45:39 AM »

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RGV Aerial Photography
@RGVaerialphotos
Concrete slab leaning on the helium tanks as seen from our recent flyover.
http://patreon.com/RGVAerial

Photo, click to enlarge https://twitter.com/RGVaerialphotos/status/1649504488045019139

WLJ · « **Reply #2310 on:** April 22, 2023, 10:49:46 AM »

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RGV Aerial Photography
@RGVaerialphotos
This is a view of highway 4 taken during our flyover.
probably one of the few reasons why it remains closed to the public.

Photo https://twitter.com/RGVaerialphotos/status/1649497824457904129

WLJ · « **Reply #2311 on:** April 22, 2023, 11:02:03 AM »

Someone paragliding, probably towed by a boat just off shore, giving the place a look over

WLJ · « **Reply #2312 on:** April 22, 2023, 01:20:05 PM »

https://twitter.com/RGVaerialphotos/status/1649799431238086656

WLJ · « **Reply #2313 on:** April 22, 2023, 02:31:04 PM »

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Starbase Watcher 🗸🚀
@watchstarbase
🚀Super Heavy Booster 7 Liftoff, Flying Concrete Slab!🚀

At liftoff, as Super Heavy Booster 7 (B7) began to rise and clear the Orbital Launch Tower (OLT), an intact concrete slab from the base of the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM) flew into the air next to B7.

Video at the link

https://twitter.com/watchstarbase/status/1649834918883778560

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #2314 on:** April 22, 2023, 03:11:19 PM »

Quote from: WLJ on April 22, 2023, 02:31:04 PM

Video at the link

https://twitter.com/watchstarbase/status/1649834918883778560

Wow.

I'm in awe at the power of this booster, and at the inadequacy of the launch mount, despite the mount being regarded as a critical component of the rocket itself, called Stage Zero.

WLJ · « **Reply #2315 on:** April 22, 2023, 03:27:22 PM »

Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on April 22, 2023, 03:11:19 PM

Wow.

I'm in awe at the power of this booster, and at the inadequacy of the launch mount, despite the mount being regarded as a critical component of the rocket itself, called Stage Zero.

~~Water Towers~~ Fondag concrete can fly!

WLJ · « **Reply #2316 on:** April 22, 2023, 03:34:59 PM »

More at the link https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1649846072687067136

WLJ · « **Reply #2317 on:** April 22, 2023, 03:41:28 PM »

Various blasted cameras
Some fared better than others

https://twitter.com/VickiCocks15/status/1649580943374524416

WLJ · « **Reply #2318 on:** April 22, 2023, 03:42:39 PM »

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TharisXilef
@TharisXilef
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11m
The starship camera massacre.

WLJ · « **Reply #2319 on:** April 22, 2023, 03:44:49 PM »

Before the road opening

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Nik Lovell 🇺🇦
@nik_lovell
Road closed... random guy casually walks from beach past damage at @SpaceX
Starbase, gets arrested 🚔
Make sure you have sound on 😄

Video from @LabPadre
Rover 2.0 Cam & Nerdle Cam https://youtube.com/LabPadre

Video https://twitter.com/nik_lovell/status/1649760298394329088

WLJ · « **Reply #2320 on:** April 22, 2023, 04:01:40 PM »

https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1649856515807879170

WLJ · « **Reply #2321 on:** April 22, 2023, 06:23:18 PM »

WLJ · « **Reply #2322 on:** April 23, 2023, 09:53:27 AM »

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http://Chris Bergin - NSF Retweeted
Max Evans
@_mgde_
They used to ride these babies for MILES!

Seeing such large chunks of concrete and other debris scattered so far and around the pad today really put into perspective the raw power that’s contained within 33 Raptor engines.

Hat for scale.

https://twitter.com/_mgde_/status/1649949648029724673

Any guess on how much that weights?

WLJ · « **Reply #2323 on:** April 23, 2023, 02:47:13 PM »

Starbase getting hit by a pretty big storm. Chat says 80+ mph winds being reported.
And now a tornado warning

WLJ · « **Reply #2324 on:** April 23, 2023, 06:06:10 PM »

Click bait headline at the Daiymail. See them from time to time on there.
Pretty clear the person who wrote is suffering from EMDS (Elon Musk Derangement Syndrome)

Elon Musk's doomed Starship rocket sprayed debris over Texas coast and damaged car parked miles away as it obliterated its launch pad on takeoff - as FAA grounds the fleet after explosion
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12004897/Shocking-images-Elon-Musks-doomed-Starship-rocket-spray-debris-Texas-coast.html

What Fleet? And then no mention of any grounding of anything in the body of the article.

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The massive 395-foot rocket powered into the air from sunny Boca Chica, Texas Thursday morning, but burst into flames just four minutes after takeoff.

The explosion sent debris flying at thousands of miles an hour, damaging a car parked miles away and sending a dust cloud over the Gulf of Mexico on an otherwise sunny day.

Not unless that car was sitting on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico.
Think the real car they are actually referring to NSF's camera van which was sitting 1K ft away from the pad and they knew it could get damaged. LabPadre's SUV/Van was park right next to it and had it windows blown out and has little dents in it.

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