Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 05/15/2021 12:05 pmtwitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1393537522056192001QuoteIt appears a new stack has been added to the Starship heat shield processing area at Cidco Rd. Activity continues today on Octagrabber 3 which is expected to be onboard A Shortfall of Gravitas, currently located in Fourchon being readied for operations.Edit to add:https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1393540562377220096QuoteInbound! More of Octagrabbers structure happened to arrive as I was leaving.I am pretty sure those are a a pair of self tipping hoppers.
twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1393537522056192001QuoteIt appears a new stack has been added to the Starship heat shield processing area at Cidco Rd. Activity continues today on Octagrabber 3 which is expected to be onboard A Shortfall of Gravitas, currently located in Fourchon being readied for operations.Edit to add:https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1393540562377220096QuoteInbound! More of Octagrabbers structure happened to arrive as I was leaving.
It appears a new stack has been added to the Starship heat shield processing area at Cidco Rd. Activity continues today on Octagrabber 3 which is expected to be onboard A Shortfall of Gravitas, currently located in Fourchon being readied for operations.
Inbound! More of Octagrabbers structure happened to arrive as I was leaving.
Something new at #SpaceX #CidcoRoad. Without speculation, just want to point out that the size of the new piece of equipment is about the same as the old cargo section of #MK2 next to it. This new item has been on site for a long time, just now being erected.
https://twitter.com/john_winkopp/status/1394057595485315077QuoteSomething new at #SpaceX #CidcoRoad. Without speculation, just want to point out that the size of the new piece of equipment is about the same as the old cargo section of #MK2 next to it. This new item has been on site for a long time, just now being erected.
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 05/17/2021 06:40 amhttps://twitter.com/john_winkopp/status/1394057595485315077QuoteSomething new at #SpaceX #CidcoRoad. Without speculation, just want to point out that the size of the new piece of equipment is about the same as the old cargo section of #MK2 next to it. This new item has been on site for a long time, just now being erected.Just to clarify, which item is the new one? The grey column in the center of the pic?
Is that prototype now being used as an evaporation tower? Hilarious.
They don't seem to be working at the typical #SpaceX speed, but they continue to make progress in the strange chemical production plant. New grey tanks appear to be heading for the white pads to the left.
TPS base materials processing has been pretty steady at the Cidco Rd. facility in Florida. Judging by how much TPS I see in Mary's photo, the bakery has been busy. MK2 still looms over operations and another manufacturing tower was recently completed.
2 years difference at @SpaceX #CidcoRoad facility. 14 July 2019/2021 From #Starship development to ??
I had not visited Cidco Road in a while and was rather accustomed to MK2 being frozen in time as the base material for Starship tiles is quietly produced nearby. Alas, time has moved on and the last visible piece of MK2 is coming down. July 2021 on right.
So what's new at the #SpaceX #CidcoRoad site? Not much. At least #MK2 nosecone still exists (possibly the first welds in the #Starship program). 📸me for WAI media.
Julia Bergeron@julia_bergeron·54mSpaceX appears to have left the Cidco Road facility. It once was a test bed for the Starship program. MK2 was partially built then the crew left for Starbase to continue development. Most recently, the TPS slurry process was located here.
John Winkopp SpaceCoastPictures@John_WinkoppWork to prep the Cidco Road Facility has already begun days after Blue Origin purchased the former SpaceX Starship facility in Cocoa Florida. 1st picture shows the site at the peak of production just before the end of Starship production in Florida.
