The Design Flaw That Caused The Starship Launchpad to Fail!
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Published 2023-05-11
In this episode we will be reviewing the historic Starship Integrated Flight Test. This will be an extremely in depth look into the design flaw that caused the failure of the pad under the Orbital Launch Mount.
We will also explain the water cooled blast surface that SpaceX is in the process of installing and examine all of the other protective measures that will work together to enable rapid reusability in the future.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
5:16 Raptor Chill Collection
9:06 Squarespace Ad Placement
10:09 Hold Down Clamps Released Early
11:37 Detonation Suppression System
13:07 Acoustic Energy Concerns
14:52 Blast Surface Failure Analysis
17:06 Analyzing OLM Base Structure Design Flaw
24:23 Elon Comments About Failure Mechanics
25:37 Explaining Sand Compression Issue
27:47 Water Cooled Blast Surface Upgrade
33:54 Hold Down Clamp Shielding
36:07 Raptor Quick Disconnect Shielding
38:44 Hold Down Clamp Retract Test feat. Labpadre
39:40 Booster QD Shielding
41:21 Interior Burn Plates
43:49 OLM Top Deck Burn Plates
50:36 Post Liftoff Performance Analysis
Music Credits:
0:04 • Journey to Mars
2:42 Intro music "Do You Remember" prod. by kochetkovv • Do you remember?
5:14 • Video
9:08 • Video
10:35 • Video
14:51 • Video
17:04 • Video
18:18 • Timelapsed Tides
23:04 • A Hand In The Dark
25:35 • Aurora Currents
27:45 “Shooting Star” VOTRB
30:17 • Video
33:48 • A Great Darkness Approaches, Can You ...
36:07 • Deep Chase
39:39 • Percolate
41:21 • Video
43:55 "Ether" by We Are All Astronauts licensed by Music Vine • We Are All Astronauts - Ether
46:12 • Perihelion
48:54 • Aurora Currents
51:33 • Commander Impulse
54:16 • Video
59:14 • Video
01:03:30 Outro music “Beat from www.beatopia.com/ The Last Song Produced by Gh
All Comments (21)
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Anxiously awaiting this debrief, I regard these shows as most educational and are highly valued. Thanks to Zack and the CSI team of “agents”. Kudos!
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This dude deserves WAY MORE SUBSCRIBERS!!!! 🙄 Elon needs to agree to an interview to boost his visibility. Not to mention it would be jam packed full of so much insightful questions and nerdy, technical awesomeness. Please Universe, allow this.
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The internet does not deserve the level of detail CSI Starbase and friends provide. This is the best source for information about starship.
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This answered so many questions that have been burning in my head since the launch. CSI Starbase team is legendary, I'm so thankful for y'all.
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I really appreciated the custom countdown for the premiere. CSI Starbase is truly in a league of it's own
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Considering the damage to the OLM this was the most anticipated report since the launch. Thanks again for your usual outstanding and complete analysis of the event.
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Zack, that was sooo good. Pulled together elements into a really well structured deep dive. I can't thank you and your crew enough!
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Incredible content, good sir. I can't believe this is all free to watch. What a time to be alive.
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Zach, thank you for the very articulate and methodical analysis. - it was excellent using factual info. This comes from an aerospace engineer who troubleshoots on-orbit spacecraft as my day job.
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Great job to you all at CSI Starbase
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I really appreciate the moments of levity and genuine hilarity that your team injected into this video. It was the perfect balance of serious discussion and lighthearted humor.
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This is by far my favorite channel for GSE analysis and speculation.
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I was eagerly awaiting this video since the launch! You did not disappoint! The coverage on the engine failure was very detailed and appreciated! Keep up the amazing work!
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Another amazing deep dive, Zack! It's always a HUGE pleasure to experience these. You've come a long way from those long twitter threads! I always leave the premiere with a ton more knowledge than I came to it with. Then I give you a few more views by rewatching them later on so I can fully absorb and understand everything you said. Keep these long deep dives coming. As long as you post, I'll always be here to watch it the second it goes live.
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this is so 100% the most underrated YT channel out there
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This is one of those deep dives that engineering students will be watching for years as education and decades as historical material! Well frigging done Zack and crew!
Where is the link to the CSI STARSHIP merch??? A shirt with the engines out smiley dot face and CSI Starship on the left chest and a large image of the OLM on the back would be a hit!!! -
I’m in constant awe of how rapid SpaceX ingenuity is and how much the community and channel are able to follow and analyze!
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Hour long video and you kept my attention for every second of it (not any easy task). Thanks for feeding our detail hungry brains in such a satisfying way. This is this is the Starship info we desperately crave and we truly appreciate the hard work that you and the team put in to make these deep dives possible!
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Extraordinarily well done. Thanks, Zack!
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The way you chat with Tim is so hilarious 😂
