SpaceX Boca Chica - TPS X on show as Starships position themselves for test series
While Starships SN5 and SN6 prepare for a potential hop tag team test campaign, a sign of the future was seen in the form of TPS installation, suitably provided in the pattern of an X. Video and Pictures from Mary (@BocaChicaGal). Edit: Theo Ripper (@theoripper). Click "Join" for access to early fast turnaround clips, exclusive discord access with the NSF team, etc - to support the channel. Updates: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/ind... Articles: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/?s=St... NSF Store: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/shop/ L2 Boca Chica (more clips and photos) from BC's very early days to today. https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/ind... (Join L2 and support NSF here: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/l2/) 0:00 - High Bay Construction 0:24 - Launch Site Sunrise 0:56 - SN5 Waiting 1:27 - X Made With Thermal Protection Tiles 2:00 - X Closeup 2:28 - Super Heavy Pad Construction 3:32 - Construction Near Starship Pad 3:59 - Liquid Nitrogen Delivery 4:38 - High Bay Construction 6:59 - Starship Launch Mount Repairs 8:15 - Launch Site 8:28 - Launch Site 8:48 - Earth Work At Build Site 9:29 - Work On Starship Launch Mount 10:36 - Old Legs In Scrap Pile 12:02 - SN6 and SN8 In Mid Bay 13:05 - SN6 and SN8 Closeup 13:47 - Mid Bay and High Bay 14:14 - Noseconeopolis 14:50 - SN2 Modifications Continue 15:29 - Looking Into Old Starship Mount 15:59 - SN2 Mods Closeup