How Will SpaceX Starship Overcome This Problem?
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Published 2024-07-20
SpaceX’s Starship is an engineering marvel knocking off one challenge at a time before we can see them design solutions to the future challenges. Here is the question. With the LOX and CH4 storage and temperature challenges, how can they store them together for long periods of time. Indeed, How Will SpaceX Starship Overcome This Problem? Secondly, how with they solve Zero Boiloff (or near zero boiloff). For the past few months now we’ve been working on this deep dive which started off as one thing, and then morphed into another. Mainly due to it sending us down a few rabbit holes. Because we are on a short break, we’ve worked twice as hard to make sure this one was finally ready to go, and I think you are going to find this one really interesting.
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All Comments (21)
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4 minutes in the video and it blows my mind imagining all the steps, the years of years and people working on problems and patents and.. It just goes on. Thanks for the video Marcus
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Ah, Saturday afternoon sat down with a cup of tea and a biscuit, and the latest video from Marcus. Pure joy. Life is good.
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7:34 I'm trying to wrap my brain cells around 5 tons per second fuel flow 🤯
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Thanks for this deep dive. I didn't understand how those sub-chillers work, but it makes so much sense now.
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Marcus...well done. You always make the difficult easier to understand. I think in the not too distant future, all propulsion will be replaced by something we haven't even thought of yet.
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Wow! That piping is a piece of art! What an engineering nightmare the people that figured this out are definitively amazing.
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I love the periodic Marcus House deep dive videos! Some of my favorites.
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You know, I think you are the first to point out this problem of one liquid freezing the other liquid inside Starship. Goodonyer for that, mate!
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6:32 luv that steel mill scene
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When starship was presented to NASA as a solution for moon landing, I would have imagined the fuel issue would have been at the front of everyone's mind. Designs, numbers would have been presented... Let's hope so 👍
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Thanks for all the engineering details. I was able to follow the explanations and appreciate the challenges. Great job!
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Liked the last few frames at the end with starship going to warp. Live long and prosper!
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I think this is one of your best videos. Your explanations and discussions of the challenges and possible solutions were very interesting. Thanks for your excellent content!
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Never forget that the best insulation is a vacuum. I would not be at all surprised to discover it is used at certain points in Starship and booster construction.
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I am going to go out on a limb here but I have full confidence in the smart people at spacex to solve any issues they may run into .
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Regarding the issues of long-term storage: that's another beautiful thing about SpaceX' approach compared to the legacy approach. SpaceX is addressing ONE issue at a time in physical hardware, and finding ways to make that one solution profitable. Legacy launch and space system providers spend decades simulating DOZENS of issues at the same time, knowing that they will NEVER be profitable but it doesn't matter because those government contracts will just keep pouring in.
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I've been thinking about the fuel depot. With a shade like the one on the JWST, that covers say 270 degrees of the depot, should help a lot. Half of so of the orbit is in the dark which has to help. Getting the problems solved with keeping propellants liquid and reducing boil off, should help a lot on the trip to the moon and beyond. Really enjoyed this episode.
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Really love your deep dive format/approach on these focus videos, this one especially seemed to take us right along the pathway of problem solving and the pressure differential gave me a lightbulb moment too! Hope you're enjoying your well earned break, thanks for keeping us "fed" while you're away!!
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Very nice physics "deep" dive. I really enjoyed it. It's the difference between "just" space news and technical background that makes me like your channel so much ❤
