Why SpaceX Built A Stainless Steel Starship

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Real Engineering 2 months ago

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Loki Vato 2 days ago

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trez christy 2 days ago

STARLITE will really solve 99% of the heat problem

trez christy 2 days ago

Can u please contact elon musk & inform him about the "STARLITE" ....revive that technology, he really REALLY needs it!!! Pretty please....

Al Kindi Abu Yosef 10 days ago

Don Vittorio DiMaggio Your thé crap 💩

Don Vittorio DiMaggio 26 days ago

I fuckn hate your fuckn channel. the content is just shit crap

Daniel Kuzev 4 hours ago

Thanks for the great video. I definitely learnt something!!

Chris C 5 hours ago

Trying to ignore the mispronunciation of: "aluminum."

rbwannasee 18 hours ago

"The stars are not for Man" - Arthur C. Clarke

Karl Shrestha Day ago

Why not?

Giuseppe Spalliero Day ago

that transition into the ad there at the end...👌

lazy crazy Day ago

You mean a fancy thermos

Luke Collins Day ago

Aluminium

PDB 2 days ago

Too much words to explain a motivation that i miss

lasalleman 2 days ago

Excellent analysis. Ship looks like something from a 1950s pulp science fiction magazine. Given enough time, sci-fi tends to become reality. Seems to me.

lasalleman 19 hours ago

+Bill Anderson Good points. Many problems remain to be solved. All large engineering or scientific projects are a trade off. Especially if public funds are being used. This new starhopper ship looks pretty good. Science and technology will continue to move forward.

Bill Anderson 20 hours ago

A gray irony in space travel is that often “high tech” is not better. For example, how do you make water, breathable oxygen, and rocket fuel on Mars? Centuries old technology. Seriously. NASA goes for such perceived high tech these days not because it is technically necessary (most often it isn’t) but because it is politically necessary. They have to “spread the jobs” among enough congressional districts to maintain some semblance of political support, hence budget. The sad irony there is that they wind up doing less for more.

Eric Williams 2 days ago

Even though it may look like a "shit show" I'm sure that the rocket scientist/ rocket engineers are learning quite a bit for their "shit show mistakes". Like you said, and showed the site where you can "learn from your mistakes", I'm sure that they are doing the same. Space travel, right now, is still in the "trial and error" stages...yes, there have been a lot of successful launches, but when you really get down to it, they have all just been by sheer luck pretty much.

Conroy Boothe 2 days ago

I still don't trust Elon Musk

CrazyLegs 2 days ago

"it's more 'penisy' than your other space x rockets"

trez christy 2 days ago

7:30 WOW! the earth is really flat eh FLAT EARTHURDS!!!! I really REALLY really want to put bullet passed right through ur forehead...each 1 of u flat earthurds!! all u know is to promote HATE & annoying!

trez christy 2 days ago

5:04 - 5:26 the rocket design was beautiful & sexy! =)

mccallumcra 2 days ago

I kinda like that idea of sweating to cool. I hope the ship doesn't get any blackheads like I'd from sweating but I doubt that would happen with methane as long as you don't go to a planet with a high pressure atmosphere. Lol

Zen Rhys 2 days ago

Y not use graphene....

James Lavanway 3 days ago

Great video, but where are you finding the extra "I" in aluminum?

Shaan Bukhari 3 days ago

We need a nuclear powered rocket engine

Shaan Bukhari 3 days ago

8:37 , looks like my rooster

Dali Parson 3 days ago

Static

Ligma Balls 3 days ago

Only words I understood: steel,mars,freeze

I YOUTUBE Bread 3 days ago

It’s aluminum not aluminum😭😂

Preston Sanchez 3 days ago

BRO DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SAY. ALUMINUM? NOT aluminium

Finn Wain Day ago

Preston Sanchez lmao only Americans say it that way

Ger Loke 3 days ago

Yeah, first starship!

Ian Eune 4 days ago

Nice V2... or rather V3 rocket

Naeem Akram 4 days ago

Cool info

DrakE (original) 4 days ago

Isn't titanium better? 🤔 I mean better than steel and aluminum If someone would've to make something durable for various space flights that's the best material

DrakE (original) 3 days ago

+Loxx Rexx that's better sir. Titanium is expensive but its stronger than steel and a little bit heavier than aluminum. Excepting graphene, is the most "futuristic" and advanced material overall

Loxx Rexx 3 days ago

Yet, according to wikipedia and stuff, it has a lower heat conductivity and higher melting point than stainless steel.

Loxx Rexx 3 days ago

Im not sure, but i think titanium is way to expensive?

CircularSolid5 4 days ago

>Hopper joined the chat >Wind joined the chat >Hopper left the chat

Mike Castellon 4 days ago

They built out of stainless steel so it wouldn’t get easily stained

Khashayar Dashtdar 4 days ago

I think this shiny star ship is just a joke. The real thing will be unveiled within a couple of years.

SteveVi0lence 4 days ago

It looks like a dildo

James Gilkison 4 days ago

Btw Any is Any not Anne.

zygmunt szymanski 4 days ago

Gdyby nie niemieccy i rosyjscy inzynierowie to amerykanscy bandyci na orbite by dylizansami jezdzili !!!

Scott Minnella 4 days ago

Why does NASA have any say in any of this? SpaceX should take their advice, but not need their approval.

amazingman63 5 days ago

I think its amazing that something made out of steel can be so thin that storm winds could knock it over

Daniel Purdy 5 days ago

To waste money and do nothing with it. Still can’t go to the moon and they say we did 60 years ago.

TGS Shane 5 days ago

“Why did space x build a stainless steel starship?” Answer: cause it’s cool

saip bop 3 days ago

Haha yeh that's what whole the video was about

Aiwin Anton 5 days ago

7:05 "stainless steel shines"😂😂

aiuio000 gggft 5 days ago

2019 : resuable rockets 2030: reusable condoms

Merp 4 days ago

2045 condom rockets

Ali Stair 5 days ago

So they don’t get stains on it dumbass

JAMP0T1 5 days ago

‘Oh fuck it fell over, quick pick it up before anyone notices’

UrAvrgAshen1 5 days ago

they need vibranium

Rawdilz 6 days ago

This was a super interesting video

luis wenzel 6 days ago

I am from germany and i didnt know where you did acually come from until i saw your electrical resistance... -> USA Please dont use them they are a crime against mankind. Thank u

Quinton Beck 4 days ago

I am from the US and I can say with 100% certainty that Brian is not from the US. He is speaking Irish English, so I presume he is Irish.

Gaming with Rocket 6 days ago

Walking back to the fifties with stainless steel Rockets, don't mind the other one over there. that one fell down last week 😂

Siddhartha Rajput 6 days ago

Hell of a knowledge... Liked the way you interdused the sponsor..🤘👍

Lhenkhantus 6 days ago

Next video: SpaceX creates a vodka bottle shaped rocket made aout of stalinium

Frank Davignon 6 days ago

You say SpaceX I hear Spay Sex ...lol

Frank Davignon 6 days ago

Noo oil on Maars? Why da fueck are we bothering? lol

solobackpacking 7 days ago

We can optimize the technology we have but practically speaking we are not ready.

chinito2912 7 days ago

Elon Musk: “In this spaceship we will reach mars” Spaceship: *gets knocked down by wind*

shockwave2291 4 days ago

"Tis' but a scratch!"

Gottfried Lenz 6 days ago

that's just hopper

Bubble 7 days ago

That video makes you wonder, what if there was metal light as aluminum and strong as steel? Well, guess what - Titanium.

Bubble 7 days ago

+Old Albird Haha so smart, of course they do. But video shows you these graphs with weight and strength, and do not acknowledge titanium, which is widely use in space and supersonic planes. The narration goes like there is no alternative, it should've said: "there is titanium which is light as aluminum, and strong as steel but it could not be used in this instance because blablabalbalba" get it?

Old Albird 7 days ago

Bubble i think those scientists know what they‘re doing and they know the periodic table

Cordero **ƚ** 8 days ago

I wonder what they realy bringing back with them.

Banks Nicholson 8 days ago

Alright let’s settle this is it Ah-loo-mi-num or Ah-lu-min-ium

Agressive Parmesan II 6 days ago

Ah loo mi num

sciencemanguy 7 days ago

It's Aluminum.

Jasonfireshield 8 days ago

The first liquid cooled rocket better have RGB

Dwu Tlenek Wodoru 3 days ago

zygmunt szymanski hahaha, Cejrowski wszedł mocno

shockwave2291 4 days ago

Especially because it makes it go faster.

SteveVi0lence 4 days ago

*KGB

zygmunt szymanski 4 days ago

Ty jestes potomek tych co sie dali w Afryce w siatke zlapac ?? Podziekuj rosyjskim i niemieckim naukowcom..bo bys na orbite dylizansem jezdzil..

knifey 6 days ago

Jasonfireshield yea

BootlessDave 8 days ago

Space X: "I can build reusable rockets that land themselves on land or on water at the same time!" Wind: "Can i come?"

bluefox venus 8 days ago

Background music not needed

John Hedges 8 days ago

Elon Musk is not a rocket scientist.... SpaceX are the brains, and he's the guy behind them. Elon is not planning to use these technologies, he's showing the technology that SpaceX have developed! 🤦🏻‍♂️

Michael Udeze 8 days ago

Mares

Dr Alchemy 9 days ago

Sense you are so smart and opinionated why dont you go work for SpaceX and solve their problems. Your opinion means nothing.

lusia permita sari 9 days ago

Amazing! such a great explanation & the narration is easy to follow (even for dumb me)

Riley Kingston 9 days ago

PERHAPS Helium would help?

cujoe Mblakka 9 days ago

Pulse frequency, to cool the craft and put out fires.

Jay Gill 9 days ago

You keep on referring to stainless steel as steel.

Azi Smythe 9 days ago

Somebody play "Telstar" or the theme from "Fireball XL5" !!!!!

Just Dave 9 days ago

It's a spaceship, not a starship, unless they moved Mars to another star system.

Martin Långvik 10 days ago

was like, what the fuck is maris xD

Young Scientist of the USA 10 days ago

Maybe they should make a titanium rocket because titanium is way stronger than steel and aluminum but it is lighter.

Dear Leader 10 days ago

Let’s go to mars *they got oil in it*

Crack Nation 10 days ago

Hahahah “ to Merrs “

Roy Campbell 10 days ago

earth is a space ship. with systems critical to its cleanliness

The Centurion 11 days ago

What a great video, this really explained all of the design choices perfectly, good work.

Patrick Fuchs 11 days ago

He should make a ship out of unobtainium

Al Sp 6 days ago

Did you jizz on children?

Becoming Vincent 11 days ago

Will it look black/burnt after landing ?

Brandon 12 days ago

Why would someone want to go to Mars in something you could punch a hole through or by like hitting your head on the side of the ship

Intended 12 days ago

Watch him land 2 of these at once

Knot Evil 12 days ago

Great video but that transition to signing up for "brilliant" was a stretch

snoot dingo 12 days ago

Short answer: they felt like replicating Queen Amidala's ship.

Ap0c 13 days ago

Stainless steel wtf.. weak material.

Michigan Truther 13 days ago

Faaaaaakkkkeeeee!!!!

Joe Monroe 13 days ago

There is only one "i" in aluminum.

Bundy714 13 days ago

I keep seeing articles and videos where they discuss rocket technology for going to the Moon and Mars, and setting up bases. As if those are the only challenges. YET, every long term study of people spending time in space shows that the space environment is extremely harmful to our bodies. Between the lack of gravity, causing skeletal, muscular and eye degeneration, you have radiation screwing with people's chromosomes, DNA, and immune system. Why don't we ever hear about anyone addressing those, well known, issues? So far, space exploration seems like a very short term job, because it will eventually kill you. So, it's pretty much, a one way trip, unless you make that trip very short. Which is just the opposite of either a lunar base or Mars base. Your body wouldn't be able to handle coming home after a stay on Mars, because of skeletal and muscular degeneration, possible blindness, and have a compromised immune system and/or cancer. Read up on what they have learned about the effects of long term space flight on the ISS and you'll see what I mean. They don't like telling you what happens to the human body when it spends a year or more in space. It's not good. To me, it's the human body's limitations and vulnerabilities that are the most pressing issue with space exploration. Unless those issues are addressed, it's exploration by robot. Or short life span, suicidal, disposable astronauts. I have plenty of confidence that we can build the rockets, structures, etc.....but shielding the human body from radiation and battling the effects of near zero gravity may prove our undoing. We are very much unsuited for the rigors of space exploration.

Zoe Porphyrogenita 13 days ago

Spoiler: SpaceX hasn’t built a starship.

Murray Lewis 13 days ago

Until I saw this I thought a stainless ship was just some kind of joke or PR stunt.

Robert 13 days ago

Maybe they can find a new metal on Mars that can handle a flight threw the sun.

W-nyq 14 days ago

Mers

robin roberts 14 days ago

I know how they could lose some weight,starve the bullshitting astronaughts to death,no one as been to space or ever will

walton market 14 days ago

The only thing Space x make are vibrators to give all the retards an orgasm.

spawnof200 14 days ago

oh hey it has a geodesic frame, just like a wellington!

Suzy Kats 14 days ago

Don't chip your teeth sucking Elon's martian stainless dildo!!! Young starhopper... Fuckin loser!!

Al Kindi Abu Yosef 14 days ago

I think those spacecraft should be armed.

Al Kindi Abu Yosef 14 days ago

Why not developed new space ships and new engines.

Al Kindi Abu Yosef 14 days ago

This is just nothing comparing to an advanced civilization, if this was compared to a advanced civilization , this spacecraft would be nothing to comparing to. Time to step up their game NASA, because we don’t know if it’s an advanced superior civilization out there, and if it is, then this is just toy ships in comparing.

xfire7 14 days ago

Snake Oil.

Klaus Rasch 15 days ago

the key for this mars shit is if all of us stop and come together for something that at one point we will need drastically

Anthony D 15 days ago

What can people make in these videos just say aluminum like a normal person

Mehran M 15 days ago

I've always thought evaporative cooling was a great idea. You can also use ordinary water which you need up until the point of re-entry. My question is why not use Titanium which has the same properties as steel but better. A polished Titanium body seems viable if very expensive.