{"id":22612,"date":"2021-08-10T18:27:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T10:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/elon-musk-shows-off-raptor-stockpile-at-spacexs-starbase-facility-with-everyday-astronaut-part-2-of-3\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T18:27:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T10:27:43","slug":"elon-musk-shows-off-raptor-stockpile-at-spacexs-starbase-facility-with-everyday-astronaut-part-2-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/elon-musk-shows-off-raptor-stockpile-at-spacexs-starbase-facility-with-everyday-astronaut-part-2-of-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk shows off Raptor stockpile at SpaceX\u2019s Starbase facility with Everyday Astronaut [Part 2 of 3]"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"starship raptor engines\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"17073\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2021\/08\/09\/elon-musk-shows-off-raptor-stockpile-at-spacexs-starbase-facility-with-everyday-astronaut-part-2-of-3\/screen-shot-2021-08-09-at-11-00-47-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"4480,2520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2021-08-09 at 11.00.47 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut, released the first part of his interview\/tour with Elon Musk at SpaceX\u2019s Starship facility. Saturday, Dodd released his second part featuring a stockpile of Raptor engines for Starship and Super Heavy.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-17043\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This part of the tour focuses primarily on the three large tents that SpaceX has built to manufacture the different parts of Starship. While they currently focus on specific parts of production right now, their purpose has been fluid, changing use cases as they are needed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tour-of-starbase-production-tents\">Tour of Starbase production tents<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first tent showed off a large supply of Raptor engines, remember this was recorded on July 30th so most of these were probably installed on Booster 4 or Starship 20. It\u2019s crazy to see how far SpaceX has come with their Raptor production. From barely having enough for their first few flights to being able to fill an entire booster with them. Musk mentioned again Raptor 2, in the first part he shut down any rumors of Raptor 2 being built, he told us that the new version of Raptor will look nothing like the current version.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Starbase tour then moved to the second tent, which is currently focused on two things, the production of Starship\u2019s header tanks and the aft domes that hold the Raptor engine mounting points. The third and final tent Dodd and Musk walked through was being used for nose cone production. In this tent, we got a preview of the new style of nose cone SpaceX is working on. This design is much cleaner and was being experimented on for the first nose cone with an opening for deploying payloads. Musk said work on an opening nose cone has halted to focus on the first orbital launch.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-17043',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"post-youtube-video-1\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SA8ZBJWo73E?version=3&amp;rel=0&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SA8ZBJWo73E?version=3&amp;rel=0&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1\" title=\"Starbase Tour with Elon Musk [PART 2 \/\/ Summer 2021]\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plenty of nitty-gritty details on why the grid fins are the way they are and the heat shield tiles were discussed in this section. If you\u2019re into those kinds of details it\u2019s 100% worth the watch. Part 3 will be at the launch site and will have a tour of the launch and ground support facilities. Hopefully, that will come out sometime this week.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-read-more\">Read More<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Super Heavy rocket stacked, 29 Raptors installed overnight &amp; more Elon tweets<\/li>\n<li>SpaceX acquires satellite internet of things company Swarm Technologies<\/li>\n<li>SpaceX stacks first full Starship launch vehicle on orbital pad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-want-to-help-support-space-explored\">Want to help support Space Explored?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shop on&nbsp;Amazon&nbsp;to support Space Explored writers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directly support Seth by becoming a member of their&nbsp;Patreon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/unistellar-telescope.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17371\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut, released the first part of his interview\/tour with Elon Musk at SpaceX\u2019s Starship facility. 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