Author Topic: SpaceX Boca Chica - Production Updates - MASTER Thread (4) (Read 10712401 times)

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #3280 on:** 08/25/2021 04:05 pm »

https://twitter.com/bocaroad/status/1430561912677351432

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Primary Date: Intermittent Road Closure Scheduled
Boca Chica Beach will remain open for August 26, 2021 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #3281 on:** 08/25/2021 04:23 pm »

https://twitter.com/bottinphilip/status/1430549745467068419

twitter.com/bottinphilip/status/1430564250339233792

https://twitter.com/bottinphilip/status/1430565499205718017

pyromatter · « **Reply #3282 on:** 08/25/2021 08:46 pm »

https://twitter.com/BottinPhilip/status/1430633197604311041

pyromatter · « **Reply #3283 on:** 08/25/2021 09:15 pm »

SH QD

Credit LabPadre

bocachicagal · « **Reply #3284 on:** 08/25/2021 09:44 pm »

Sunrise.

RocketLover0119 · « **Reply #3285 on:** 08/25/2021 09:47 pm »

Road is closed ahead of this evenings testing! Current leading theory is the GSE test tank, however we will see!

Credit: LabPadre

bocachicagal · « **Reply #3286 on:** 08/25/2021 09:48 pm »

RB4 waiting to enter the high bay.
Work continues on B4.

bocachicagal · « **Reply #3287 on:** 08/25/2021 09:50 pm »

Barrel section outside the rear of tent 1.

bocachicagal · « **Reply #3288 on:** 08/25/2021 09:52 pm »

Nosecone in tent 3.
New stand section delivered.

bocachicagal · « **Reply #3289 on:** 08/25/2021 09:57 pm »

OLM.
Removing staircase from the Tower.

pyromatter · « **Reply #3290 on:** 08/25/2021 09:58 pm »

SH QD installed on the launch table

Credit LabPadre

bocachicagal · « **Reply #3291 on:** 08/25/2021 10:00 pm »

Mechazilla progress.

bocachicagal · « **Reply #3292 on:** 08/25/2021 10:02 pm »

QD progress.

bocachicagal · « **Reply #3293 on:** 08/25/2021 10:03 pm »

Ship 20.

bocachicagal · « **Reply #3294 on:** 08/25/2021 10:08 pm »

Pretty sky over the launch site.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #3295 on:** 08/25/2021 11:19 pm »

https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1430666151365779458

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We have venting coming from the GSE test tank down in Starbase. This is tank watching at its finest. @NASASpaceflight

Watch live ➡️

SPKirsch · « **Reply #3296 on:** 08/26/2021 01:05 am »

twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1430687229114941444

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The GSE test tank looks completely frosty, all the way up the forward dome. @NASASpaceflight

📺: http://nasaspaceflight.com/starbaselive

https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1430688300168204291

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Woah. Extra venty.

twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1430689951704752129

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Vents closed! This means the pressure inside the test tank is increasing, and today’s test is underway. @NASASpaceflight

https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1430691300114796550

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Vents have been closed for over 7 minutes now. This thing could pop at any second (or not, we don’t know the scope of today’s test). Godspeed little doodle. @NASASpaceflight

https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1430695326885715973

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The vents on the GSE test tank have been closed for over 23 minutes, the frost has even started to recede a bit. I’d guess this bodes well for the construction methods used on the Orbital Tank Farm. @NASASpaceflight

SPKirsch · « **Reply #3297 on:** 08/26/2021 01:22 am »

Workers to pad.
And road is now open.

bocachicagal · « **Reply #3298 on:** 08/26/2021 04:15 am »

Pics of the GSE test tank after the road reopened.

Jack Beyer · « **Reply #3299 on:** 08/26/2021 09:32 am »

The GSE Test Tank underwent cryo testing, a new 3.6 mm barrel section was spotted, Raptor engines continue to be installed on Booster 4, and a Circumhorizontal Arc appeared over Boca Chica.

Video + Photos by Mary (@BocaChicaGal) and the NSF robots for @NASASpaceflight.

➡️ youtu.be/dGlsuTrvnp4