New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

1:05am- Pump truck goes up over towards the back side of the pad. Still working on the spillway over to the retention pond?

1:53am- Forklift clearing out some of the equipment and clutter around the OLM

5:28am- Pump truck folds up

7:06am- Dance floor is being lowered

7:37am- First segment of level 5 of the new mega bay is lifted

8:00am- Work on the booster and OLM continued overnight as well as the dirt work along with the edge of the new pad. Forklifts cleared out a significant amount of equipment. It’s almost like they are getting ready for some kind of test.

8:20am- It looks like some of the engine shielding being carried off the dance floor

9:18am- Aerial work platform that had been used for the methane tank inspection leaves

9:24am- Forklift brings over a skid of supplies to the dance floor

11:05am- Dance floor goes back up

11:26am- Work on the silt barrier around the back left side of the OLM

11:47am- Forklift removing scraps from around the left side of the OLM

12:58pm- I wonder if there is something special about the blue jumpsuits the workers wear into the lox tank of B9

2:25pm- Forklift brings in more plastic barricades to line the drop off at the edge of the pad

2:39pm- They appear to be using a fork lift to rip out some of the silt fence

2:53pm- Crane is lifting the lid for the deluge pipe bunker

3:27pm- Forklift removes one of the lighting towers from the OLM. (If we see the generator and air moving unit being moved, I think we can pretty much guarantee a test is coming)

5:25pm- Lifts back up at S25

5:55pm- 3 pick up trucks with water tanks arrive at the OLM

6:30pm- 4th pick up shows up

6:39pm- Forklift picks up a triangular piece of metal and moves it behind the cryo pipe leg

6:43pm- Guys in the pick ups are power washing the pad

6:44pm- Water tanker shows up

7:22pm- 2nd water tanker

7:33pm- S26 is picked up and swung over by the remnants of SN15

8:55pm- Workers inside of the cryo leg

9:11pm- Workers tuck the doghouse in for the night and cover it with a tarp

9:13pm- Pressure washers leaving

9:51pm- Pulling the tarp over the doghouse up farther over the leg. Looks like it’s for welding

10:29pm- Workers remove some of the plastic barriers that were along the edge of the pad

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

11:15pm- Lift moves in to where crane was parked

1:55am- 3rd piece of shielding goes up to the draw works shed

3:06am- Pump truck folds up and leaves

6:39am- Vent hose being installed in the new door on the OLM

7:29am- Pump truck going up to the left of the OLM. Extends over to the new engine chill dump pit

7:51am- Second vent hose being installed

8:51am- Tower cladding piece lifted

9:15am- Second cladding piece lifted (They look like old pieces that they may have fixed)

10:06am- Crane is back in its position in front of the OLM

10:14am- 3rd cladding piece lifted

10:20am- Grover is leaving the launch site

10:37am- Basket goes into the middle of the OLM

10:47am- Pump truck folds up

10:58am- Lifts back up at the methane tank on S25 (I wonder what they are doing in there)

11:11am- An overflowing basket is removed

11:14am- Rebar brought in by a forklift on the left side of the OLM

11:32am- Crane leaves again

11:33am- Pick up backs in and removed the trailer holding the plastic tank

11:55am- WATER!!!! (Low pressure test of the deluge)

1:16pm- Bunch of water over the side

1:22pm- Thar she blows

1:35pm- How hot is it in Boca Chica? Concrete is already dry again.

1:50pm- Workers start returning

2:12pm- Large group returns. They spread out and start inspecting. No one seems concerned.

(Thank you kind redditor for the gold)

2:18pm- Yellow tape strung around the outside of the OLM. People still walking around on the plate

2:43pm- Forklift brings in a caterpillar air compressor

2:51pm- A lot more people on top of the OLM than normal

3:20pm- Workers back up at the stabilizer arm on the right chopstick

3:31pm- Wood forms coming in for the pad over the deluge pipes

3:35pm- Workers on the tower at the chopsticks

3:41pm- Forklift brings in what looks like a metal strip to the center of the OLM

3:47pm- Group of VIPs arrive at the OLM

3:56pm- VIP’s leave after standing and looking up at the OLM

4:19pm- Forklift brings in another piece of metal to the left side of the OLM

4:27pm- Using a good old shop vac to clean up some of the water under the area where the forklift is waiting to put down the new piece of metal. Which begs the question, Was the missing top strip of that manifold not completely welded shut and that’s why it threw water so much further than the other parts of the plate? Or was that because it has its own dedicated water supply line and the other 2 share?

5:36pm- Forklift takes another piece of metal under the right side of the OLM

6:48pm- Forklift brings another piece of metal to under the left side of OLM

8:05pm- Crane lifts piece of pipe off of the top of the OLM. (The crane came in, extended, lifted that piece off, went down, and left again)

9:45pm- We’ve gone from watching hundreds of loads of rebar being lifted into the pit, to hundreds of loads of concrete, to 4 guys with a shop vac and a welder.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Llive-

3:13am- Work starts back up

4:31am- Crane picks up a light tower from in front of the OLM and swings it over to the pit on the left side

5:08am- They are using the long reach excavators bucket to move concrete from a delivery truck to the gaps between the legs and the manifolds

5:12am- Crane swings a load of long straight rebar over to the pit

5:32am- Crane swings another load of rebar over to the pit

6:49am- Final segment of the 4th level of the new mega bay is lifted

7:45am- More rebar lifted over to the pit

8:08am- Another load of rebar, looks like one more load sitting there waiting.

8:23am- Workers carrying sticks of rebar over to the area between the cryo pit lid and the OLM. Other workers appear to be getting more of the gaps between the legs and manifolds ready for concrete

9:23am- Load of rebar lifted to the pit

9:38am- Pump truck goes up by the new cryo pit

9:40am- Crane lifts a big ball of what looks like twisted metal out of the pit. Ghost of SN11?

10:24am- Workers up at the SQD

10:58am- More rebar lifted over

11:04am- Yep you guessed it, more rebar

11:31am- Even more rebar. (When we saw the wire mesh mats lifted over yesterday, I thought they were close to done. I was wrong)

1:34pm- Rebar magically continues to appear out of no where. (Okay it was probably just a new delivery )

1:36pm- Worker on top of the chopsticks looking at the rail

2:23pm- Crane lifts black object over to the pit

4:04pm- Pump truck folds up

4:22pm- Crane lifts a load of supplies off of the top of the OLM

4:35pm- Crane lifts another load off the top

4:38pm- More rebar lifted over to the pit

4:56pm- 3rd load off the top of the OLM. (Maybe the scaffolding out of the center? There are people climbing around on the scaffolding on the top but it doesn’t look like they are actually taking anything apart)

6:10pm- Lift up looking at the cameras at the end of the stabilizer arms

7:19pm- Second crane comes in and lifts what looks to be a new dog house and sits it off to the side. Looks longer like the one for the cryo leg.

7:44pm- Second crane leaves. Doesn’t look like it’s going to install the new doghouse

8:55pm- 2 people back up working on the SQD

9:00pm- Gravel being dumped over by the pit on the left side. Just outside of the form work.

9:10pm- Long reach excavator returns. Looks like it’s dumping concrete between the legs and manifolds again.

9:25pm- Definitely doesn’t look like they are preparing for any testing tonight.

9:45pm- I may have spoke to soon. Pad starting to clear out some. There are still people welding, grinding, and people over in the pit though

10:14pm- More rebar lifted into the pit

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

10:52pm- More rebar to the pit

1:46am- Something was tested on the OLM

2:34am- Yep more rebar. (Pretty quiet night except for work in the pit)

3:08am- More rebar into the pit. Long reach excavator appears done with the concrete

4:17am- Forklift brings a generator over to the pit area

4:19- B9 rolls down Remidos to Hwy 4

4:55am- Rebar work continues around the deluge pipe pit in the cryo leg area

6:14am- Forklift brings in a new light tower and blinds view under the OLM

6:29am- B9 starts rolling

7:29am- B9 turns into the launch site

7:42am- A giant rocket rolling in isn’t going to stop the rebar work

7:45am- B9 arrives at the pad

7:54am- Chopsticks start rising

7:59am- Chopsticks open

8:12am- Booster moves closer to lift area

8:24am- Chopsticks lower into lift position

8:31am- More rebar lifted over

8:50am- B9 moves in between chopsticks

9:06am- Basket lifted up to the top of the OLM

9:30am- Basket lowered

9:36am- Square Piece of equipment lifted off the top

9:41am- Piece of equipment lifted out of the pit

9:45am- More rebar lifted over

10:18am- More rebar. They’re really pushing on it today

10:29am- Yep another batch of rebar. The next concrete pour has to be coming soon

10:56am- Crane moves to right side of the OLM and lifts a rebar cage structure. Moves it over by the new stairs. I’d assume just staging for later. Then crane moves back to left side.

11:21am- Rebar

11:23am- PA announcement- Overhead drone work

12:05pm- Workers up at the base of B9

12:15pm- Pad clearing

12:23pm- Chopsticks closing around B9

12:28pm- Closing in tighter to latch on

12:33pm- Starting to raise up to the pins

12:54pm- Sounds like the drone that warned Jack the other day is out warning people again today

1:03pm- Ship 28 moves to the entrance of the high bay

1:37pm- Clamps on the stand retracting from booster

2:02pm- LR11000 lowering at the build site. Most likely being reconfigured to finish building the new mega bay

2:06pm- One of the tall aerial work platforms arrives at the launch site

2:10pm- Workers climbing on to the stand

2:18pm- (14:18) Rover 2- Sounds like somebody’s radio by the camera. Lift will be attempted again in 2 hours.

2:20pm- Looks like some of the clamps are stuck?

2:23pm- Aerial work platform goes up to the top of the booster

2:30pm- Workers climbing on top of B9

2:46pm- When you got some unexpected free time, you grab a broom and try to get rid of some of that dust

3:00pm- Aerial work platform comes down

3:27pm- Workers back on top of the OLM

3:58pm- Workers climbing off B9’s stand. Finally unstuck?

4:02pm- Ship 28 lifted in the high bay

4:08pm- Pad clearing again. Looks like 5 people still working on the booster

5:30pm- Stabilizer arms going in

5:48pm- One guy still walking around on the stand

6:31pm- People are back on top of the OLM. Not looking good for the lift. The stand appears to be afraid to let B9 go after seeing what happened to B7.

8:10pm- It moved!!!

8:11pm- S28 unhooked from the bridge crane

8:17pm- Clamps releasing

8:27pm- Clears the stand

8:34pm- Stabilizer arms going in once again

8:37pm- Drone up

8:54pm- Guide pins retract back into the stand

8:55pm- Up we go at a good pace and then it paused

9:00pm- That SpaceX drone has quite the spotlight

9:04pm- Booster is rotating

9:06pm- Going up again

9:09pm- Clears the OLM. Pauses. Drone checking underside of the booster

9:11pm- Starts rotating over the pad

9:18pm- Starting to lower

9:27pm- Engines starts going below the lip of the OLM

9:32pm- Drone checking out one of the skates on the right side of the chopsticks

9:45pm- Engines below the lip of the OLM. Making final adjustments

Rover 1-

16:47- New puck shucker is rolled in under Ship 28

17:05- S28 touches down on stand

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

12:26am- Pump truck goes up behind OLM. Swings over to the pit

2:16am- First concrete truck arrives on Rover 2

2:28am- Boom starts moving around

7:00am- We’re at 40 trucks so far.

7:21am- Pump truck folds up

7:28am- Another pump truck is arriving

7:53am- 2nd pump truck going up

8:14am- 2nd pump truck folds up(?). Concrete trucks going straight to the back side of the pit

9:48am- Crane lifts an acetylene torch from over by the pit to the front side of the OLM

10:06am- Crane lifts a load of rebar away from the pit

10:26am- Crane lifts an air compressor over to the pit

10:50am- 45 trucks so far and it looks like that may be it. Of interest, it seemed like the pump truck last night never got the area over by the crane. Fully expected that the 2nd pump truck would set up to reach that area but it didn’t.

(That puts my rough count at 560 concrete truck loads so far)

11:08am- 2nd pump truck goes back up

11:30am- Pump truck goes back down

11:35am- Pump truck leaves the OLM.

1:21pm- PA announcement- Attention on the orbital pad, due to B9 check outs on the launch mount, expect loud venting. Hearing protection is recommended

1:24:50pm- Venting

2:48pm- Visitors under the OLM

3:03pm- Times to get those legs looking spiffy. The paint crew is back

7:39pm- Forklift brings in a piece of metal sheeting and lifts it up towards the draw works shed

9:15pm- Next section of the new mega bay being rolled over for lift

9:46pm- Dance floor is lowering

10:06pm- Crane swings in another light tower to the OLM

10:25pm- Swings another light tower over towards the pit

10:34pm- Dance floor is completely down

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

12:03am- Ship 28 rolls out of the high bay

12:15am- Rolls out on to hwy 4

1:25am- Chopsticks open

2:36am- Ship 28 turns into Masseys

2:54am- Crane lifts something big over to the base of the OLM.

3:44am- The extended reach excavator is back working by the OLM. I’d assume doing more concrete work

4:26am- Crane swings load over to the right side of the OLM

7:46am- Ship QD arm swings over

8:27am- Crew climbs up on to the SQD

9:54am- Booster stand starts to roll away from the OLM

10:21am- Forklift brings a concrete vault over to the pit

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

8:45am- Lifts went up, lifts went down. Work on B9’s lox tank continued. Aerial work platform back up at B9’s methane tank area.

11:15am- Hot staging test article lifted onto the crusher at Massey’s

12:22pm- Starlink dispenser rolled back into the payload building

4:07pm- Hot staging ring removed from test article. (Okay going back and looking at the pictures from yesterday, I didn’t even notice that it was just being held by chains)

5:00pm- Crews have been working on B9, OLM, and the SQD. Paint crews have been up at the OTF. New black and red scissor lift arrived along with 3 new black tool boxes. (New sub contractor?)

5:04pm- Hot staging ring being lifted back on

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

7:50am- No lights went on last night and I still don’t see any workers on or around the OLM.

8:14am- Vehicles start pulling up at the OLM

8:20am- Lift goes up to S25

9:09am- Starting to bring equipment back in.

9:16am- Raptor install platform looks like it’s going back together after being cut in half last week

10:07am- Dance floor goes back up

10:32am- Pump truck arrives to the back side of the pit. (Will today be the day they finish the pour?)

10:35am- They’ve got themselves a nice new big scissor lift.

10:44am- Pump truck goes up

11:05am- Third ventilation hose being installed

11:35am- Concrete pour starts

12:30pm- 10 trucks so far. Looks like they are pouring at the new retention pond

1:35pm- 14 trucks

1:46pm- Ventilation hose extended up to the booster

1:52pm- New SQD extends for the first time on hoop cam

2:40pm- 18 trucks

3:22pm- SQD retracts

3:31pm- 22 trucks

4:40pm- 25 trucks

5:04pm- Concrete pump truck starts to fold up. Worked on the retention pond and the spillway over towards it.

5:09pm- Workers start to remove the access hatch into B9

7:21pm- Hatch to the lox tank is opened

9:07pm- Workers appear to be getting ready to enter B9. Just put ladder in through the hatch

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

11:07pm- 2 fondag trucks

11:13pm- Grinding over in the draw works shed

11:27pm- Shower of sparks off the OLM

12:40am- 5 Fondag trucks

3:07am- Excavator leaves. 7 trucks

5:49am- Dog house is moved next to the crane

7:47am- Workers shoveling dirt out of the dog house

8:37am- Straps attached to the dog house

8:40am- Forklift with more rebar on the right side of the OLM

9:15am- Lift up at S15

9:30am- Aerial work platform arrives between OLM and OLT

9:54am- More formwork is going up between the OLM and the retention pond

10:30am- Crane lifts doghouse and flips it over

10:54am- Doghouse re rigged and lifted

11:03am- Crane carried it over and lowered it back in place at the bottom of the cryo pipe lid

11:42am- Pump truck is up over at the old landing pad area

12:56pm- 3rd piece of shielding goes up in the left side of the stairs

1:10pm- Pump truck folds up

1:36pm- Excavators digging to the left of the pad that was just poured. Looks like they are making a dirt ramp beside the edge of the concrete so it’s not a 3ft drop off.

1:44pm- Pump truck goes back up by the retention pond. End of boom goes behind the OLT

1:52pm- Paint crew is back at it

2:13pm- Pump truck folds up again

3:54pm- Lift up at the lower left side skid of the chopsticks

4:04pm- Forklift lifts metal plate over towards the data cable leg

4:15pm- Crew back up at B9’s methane tank

7:27pm- RIP SN15. You proved to the world it was possible and paved the way for all that is to come. Your legend will live on when the story of starship is told.

9:07pm- Forklift brings over another inspection hole cover plate to the data cable leg

9:18pm- 3rd inspection plate brought over

9:32pm- 4th plate

9:43pm- 5th plate

10:05pm- Crane lifts a piece of plastic pipe up on to the OLM from the dirt off to the side. One worker then picks it up and drags it off to the side

10:21pm- Crane lifts a remote controlled trench roller up onto the OLM from same area as pipe

10:56pm- There’s just something about a shower of sparks flying off the top of the OLM at night that makes me smile.

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"No Starship launch soon, FAA says, as investigations — including SpaceX's own — are still incomplete", bylined Eric Killelea, Staff Writer for the San Antonio Express-News.

The FAA, which is overseeing an investigation into the April 20 launch, said Wednesday it was still awaiting the report it needs to identify corrective actions SpaceX must take to get the OK to launch again from Boca Chica.

An FAA spokesperson declined to speculate when the agency’s investigation might be completed, saying that “public safety and actions yet to be taken by SpaceX will dictate the timeline.”

“The FAA will not allow a return to flight operations until it determines that any system, process, or procedure related to the mishap does not affect public safety or any other aspect of the operator’s license,” the spokesperson said. “The mishap investigation is ongoing.”

Speculation in The Other Place is that the FAA is not worried about the rock tornado, but likely most worried about the Flight Termination System (specifically the long time lag between firing and actual destruction), and the steering failing.

The article also mentioned about the environmental lawsuit, but it has no new information on that.

I wasn't sure whether to put this at top level or in here. At the moment it's unclear what the impact might be, so I'll squirrel it away in here.

"SpaceX hasn't obtained environmental permits for 'flame deflector' system it's testing in Texas"

But they don't provide evidence that the bidet's output is a regulated chemical, whether "industrial process water" or "stormwater".

In an email to CNBC, a spokesperson for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the state's environmental regulator, confirmed that as of July 28, SpaceX had not applied for what is called a Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) permit at its Starbase facility. The regulator said the SpaceX site has previously attained three stormwater permit authorizations....

The representative for TCEQ told CNBC that the regulator "recommends applications be submitted at least 330 days before the proposed construction of a wastewater treatment facility." Stormwater permits take far less time to process.

The people quoted are that spokesperson, but also ESGHound, who is notorious for anti-SpaceX hit pieces, and the lead counsel for the recent environmental lawsuit against the FAA.

Jack Beyer @thejackbeyer with NASA SpaceFlight on The Bad Place posted an image with << Looks like we have a hot staging test article on our hands! Label reads "B-11 FWD RETAIN / HOT STAGE LOAD HEAD". @NASASpaceflight >>

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Image of the lattice-work ring atop a couple of other rings

Image primarily of that label

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

7:35am- Nothing to big to report from last night. Workers have been welding the shielding installed on the new staircase leg most of the night. Shielding was also reinstalled on the leg to the right of the staircase. People could be seen up on the dance floor and top of the OLM as well.

11:45am- (SpongeBob 4 hours later meme) Either they are just taking it easy today or they really are done with most of the big stuff.

4:30pm- One inspection plate was added back to the cryo leg. That leaves 4 more to go. Work on the OLM and dance floor has continued.

7:35pm- A couple lifts went up and down. A forklift drove around with nothing on the forks. First shift workers on top of the OLM and at B9 seemed to call it early. (Let’s see if second shift is any more exciting)

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

12:15am- OLM vent starts

12:25am- OLM vent stops

12:59am- Lifts go back up. Looks like it was just a quick test during the time that is normally dinner break.

8:04am- Concrete pump truck goes up over by the deluge tank farm

10:35am- Inspection plates going back on the cryo leg

11:45am- Lifts have been up at the OLM and S25. Looks like they are starting to remove the scaffolding around B9’s lox hatch.

12:05pm- Pump truck went down

4:25pm- Lifts have been up all around the OLM, at the top of the raceway on S25, and around the hot stage test article at Massey’s. No cables have been connected on the can crusher that we can see yet.

11:22pm- Lots of work on the hot stage ring test article still. Haven’t seen any welding flashes but it seems they are trying to secure it somehow. Lifts still going up all around the OLM and to the dance floor. All the scaffolding has been removed from the top though and the final cryo leg inspection plates reinstalled

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Todays test window just opened, sherrif is at the road block. FireX has already been tested. So progressing very quickly.

I wonder if they want to try more than one static fire today.

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

12:05am- B9 rolls into the mega bay

3:10am- Vent hose to the OLM reinstalled. Air handling unit was brought back in during B9’s move

7:12am- Generator for the air handling unit brought back in

9:00am- Lifts go up, lifts go down. Not a lot of activity at the pad. So I think that’s a good sign that the pad fared well during the static fire.

10:59am- Semi delivers the load spreader used to lift the deluge tanks. The 3rd tank must be getting close. Work at the OLM seems to be centered around the BQD this morning. There’s also been 4 water trucks.

11:08am- Here comes the scaffolding on top of the OLM

1:10pm- Looks like another Lox pump is getting installed

2:00pm- Only 3 sections of scaffolding with guard rails going up to the right of the BQD. Another water truck arrived. It looks like they may be pumping out the deluge pond.

2:26pm- Worker climbs up into the BQD housing

2:40pm- More scaffolding pieces being unloaded from a lift. Ugh. The top of the OLM was looking so clean.

3:00pm- LR11000 has moved over to the old Landing Pad area. Another indication that the deluge tank should be arriving soon

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Llive-

1:15am- Scaffolding on the cryo pipe leg starting to get disassembled

1:27am- Forklift brings rebar over to the left side pit

1:30am- long reach excavator arrives right side of the OLM

1:59am- Excavator starts digging on the back side of the OLM

2:58am- Crane lifts rebar to the back side of the OLM

4:17am- Forklift brings more rebar to the left side pit

4:35am- B9 goes on a walk to the rocket garden

4:43am- Crane lifts more rebar to the backside of the OLM

7:37am- Long reach excavator leaves

8:16am- fixing the silt fence around the left side of the OLM

10:58am- Group of engineers/bosses surveying things

11:32am- Forklift lifted 2 loads out of left side pit. Lift was blocking what they were though

11:36am- Crane lifts load of straight rebar over to the left side pit

11:50am- Lots of lifts going up and down to the top of the OLM all morning. Welders still working under the OLM. Excavators still digging over by the left side pit. Lift up at the LOX tank of S25.

12:38pm- Lift goes up to the top left skate on the chopsticks. Hopefully with some really good grease

1:04pm- Box lifted off the top of the OLM by the crane

1:51pm- BQD hood is getting painted

2:13pm- Scaffolding being removed that went to the door on the right side of the OLM

3:29pm- Wire mesh mats lifted over to the pit on the left

4:05pm- They made pretty quick work of the scaffolding on the right side

4:16pm- Lift goes up to the left chopsticks stabilizer arm

4:42pm- Forklift brings in a load of rebar and drops it off at the dirt berm leading up to the front edge of the pad.

4:52pm- More rebar brought over

7:57pm- Pad clear announcement (Can be heard better on Rover 2)

8:05pm- They don’t appear to be removing all the equipment like yesterday

8:12pm- B10 getting frosty at Massey’s. (Raptor Roost caught it one minute earlier at 8:11. Both tanks already had frost)

8:32pm- Frost receding

8:48pm- Something is rolling towards Starbase from Masseys

8:50pm- Sheriff at the launch site entrance

8:58pm- Big vent at the OTF. (Are we redoing the test from the other night but with a full closure just in case?)

9:05pm- It’s the new puck shucker being moved from Masseys

9:39pm- OLM and OLT venting

9:43pm- FireX

9:49pm- New water nozzles around the underside of the OLM?

10:21pm- Depress vent from the OLT and OLM

10:39pm- Workers to the pad. Road still closed

11:03pm- Workers leaving the pad

11:15pm- Venting picking up again

11:20pm- Venting starts dying off

11:50pm- Picking up again

11:55pm- Dies off again (Just testing the valve over and over?)

12:04am- Cars back to the pad

12:09am- The cars aren’t keeping the venting from increasing again

12:12am- Pope stack

12:20am- Dies off again

12:45am- Bunch of cars to the pad. Road open.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

1:47am- Concrete pump truck arrives. Sets up to finally pour the left side of the OLM pad.

2:25am- Pour starts

5:50am- Long reach excavator is working on the back side of the OLM laying more fondag.

8:21am- Pump truck folds up

8:26am- Pump truck leaves. Rough count, 38 trucks.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

1:05am- Pump truck goes up over towards the back side of the pad. Still working on the spillway over to the retention pond?

1:53am- Forklift clearing out some of the equipment and clutter around the OLM

5:28am- Pump truck folds up

7:06am- Dance floor is being lowered

7:37am- First segment of level 5 of the new mega bay is lifted

8:00am- Work on the booster and OLM continued overnight as well as the dirt work along with the edge of the new pad. Forklifts cleared out a significant amount of equipment. It’s almost like they are getting ready for some kind of test.

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Hmmm.

Jon Edwards @edwards345 12:21 PM - Jul 16, 2023

We are linearizing the Merlin production line in the high bay of HT01. Should be operational in September. Gonna be super bad ass.

There was a bit of discussion about what "linearizing" might mean. Mass production? Maybe not mass production, just setting up a formal assembly line, and removing extra capacity for long-pole items? So people get to specialize in specific parts?

Someone mentioned another tweet by the Mother of the Dark Lord, Last edited 8:34 PM - Jul 15, 2023: they claimed that someone was working inside an octoweb in the third picture. I don't see it.

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

12:48am- Concrete pump truck goes up to right of OLM. Looks like they may be finally pouring that little pad off to the side

4:14am- Basket comes down

4:37am- Crane lowers and leaves from in front of OLM

4:45am- Forklift brings in some kind of united rentals equipment

4:55am- Pick up backs in a giant generator in front of OLM

5:06am- Forklift brings in another united rentals piece of equipment

5:15am- Crane comes back. Looks it just left to make room for the deliveries

7:50am- SPMT headed to the launch site

7:58am- 3rd segment of the 4th floor of the new mega bay lifted

8:20am- Pump truck folding up, concrete truck is backed up to the OLM though so pour continues, Grover removing it’s counterweights (so that’s what the SPMT was for)

8:56am- New crossbeam test fitted at the draw works shed

8:58am- Concrete truck is gone, looks like the pour is over

9:03am- Crossbeam installed

9:11am- Pump truck goes up around the deluge tank farm (can be seen much clearer on Rover 2)

9:24am- More concrete trucks arriving, go to the pump truck

10:13am- Equipment lifted off of the OLM

10:19am- New upper crossbeam installed on the draw works shed

10:27am- Another pump truck goes up between the OLM and OLT

11:00am- Lifts are up at the oxygen and methane tank access hatches of S25

11:51am- Pump truck between OLM and OLT folds up

1:46pm- Crane lifts triangular object to top of OLM

1:54pm- Crane lifts section of pipe to top of OLM

2:04pm- Pump truck at the backside of the OLT goes down

2:30pm- Pad seems to be clearing

2:41pm- BQD hood opens (We are 40 minutes into the intermittent closure)

2:48pm- BQD hood closes

2:54pm- BQD hood opens again

3:01pm- BQD hood closes (Did they clear the OLM area just for hood tests?)

3:37pm- Quick check of Rover 1 shows test tank 24.2 sitting quietly with no SPMT’s in sight. Doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere during this closure

4:13pm- Tweet from Jack- Just got shooed out of the dunes by a drone with a speaker on it because im “in the blast danger area for today’s test”. That’s a first. 🤔 @NASASpaceflight

4:18pm- Still 2 lifts up at S25’s methane tank. Waiting on them to get done?

4:51pm- Drone

5:03pm- Last lift at S25 is going down

5:21pm- Purge of the new water line at the OTF?

6:20pm- Venting sounds but lifts are back up at S25

8:01pm- People back at the OLM and lift at the stabilizer arm on the right chopstick

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

11:00pm- Vent line added back from B9 to OLM

11:29pm- S28 almost frost free

1:25am- Concrete truck shows up to fill area around doghouse

2:45am- Second concrete truck arrives for the other side of the doghouse

3:30am- First inspection plate going back on the cryo leg

3:46am- Second plate goes up

4:20am- 3rd plate goes up

5:16am- 3rd concrete truck shows up at the doghouse

5:32am- Concrete truck shows up on right side of OLM

7:15am- 2nd segment of the 5th floor of the new mega bay is lifted

7:49am- Paint crew is back and working on the cryo leg

7:57am- Crews back working on B9

8:23am- Piece of cladding lifted up to the tower

8:29am- Crane moves a shipping container at the sub orbital pad

11:07am- Raptor install platform leaves the build site and heads down Hwy 4

11:11am- Crane lifts another piece of cladding up to the tower

11:37am- Install platform arrives at the launch site

11:55am- Install platform pulls to the side of the OLM

12:09pm- Install platform moves in between the OLM and OLT

1:22pm- Another cladding piece lifted to the tower

3:20pm- Stair section lifted up to the side of the tower. (Pretty sure this is the 3rd section)

8:15pm- Lifts have been up and down all around the OLM. Workers continue to go in and out of B9.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

12:45am- Crane lifts another light tower closer to the OLM

12:56am- Crane lowers and leaves

2:15am- Forklift carries away an air compressor from beside the OLM

2:30am- Looks like they are starting to clear everything out from around the OLM

6:30am- Covering the top of the dance floor with a tarp.

6:50am- Venting from the OTF starts really picking up

7:35am- Sheriff at the road block still letting SpaceX personnel thru

7:40am-Still one pick up at the pad

7:55am- Pad clear alarm

8:32am- Pope stack starts venting

9:06am- OLM venting

9:18an- SQD arm swings in

10:16am- OLM venting stops. Cryo loading should be under way

10:25am- Frost line forming on the lox tank

10:40am- Venting under the booster.

10:47am- Frost on the methane tank

11:26am- Vent from the lox tank

11:47am- Drone. Methane tank looks pretty close to full. Lox tank about 80%

12:07pm- OLM vent starts. Fueling should be done

12:10pm- Methane tank venting

12:45pm- Holding at pressure

1:50pm- Frost may finally be starting to go down

2:35pm- Methane tank about 3/4 empty. Lox tank still mostly full.

3:01pm- OLM venting

3:17pm- OLM vent stopped

4:08pm- Methane tank looks empty. Lox tank still looks almost full

4:20pm- Lox tank finally looks to be de tanking

6:35pm- Lox tank has frost about 1/4 of the way up still.

6:55pm- OLM vent

7:03pm- Vent stopped. Booster looks 90% frost free

7:17pm- Big vent from the OLM

7:22pm- Depress vent

8:01pm- Road open

9:15pm- Venting from the pope stack picks up

10:30pm- While the road is open, the launch site is still closed. Venting from the tank farm and OLM is ongoing.

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S27 done got itself scrapped.

Probable reason: implosion of the common dome.

RGV Aerial Photography @RGVaerialphotos posted this ~~tweet~~ Xcretion or whatever you call it.

Discussed in their YouTube video Starbase Weekly, Episode 83.

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Starship Development Thread #48

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

6:46am- Crane swings over to the OLM in the first sign of life today.

7:01am- Basket removed after spending all day yesterday on the OLM

7:27am- Basket goes back into the center of the OLM

7:36am- Earthwork gets back underway on the left side of the OLM

8:01am- Piece of metal pipe with a triangular brace removed from the top of the OLM

8:34am- Another piece of pipe removed

9:30am- Basket removed

9:49am- Another piece of pipe lowered from the OLM

10:00am- Small silver tank being rolled out to the launch site. Looks like a vertically mounted tank

10:39am- Basket goes back into the center of the OLM

10:48am- 4th piece of pipe lifted out

11:16am- 5th piece of pipe

11:29am- 6th piece of pipe

2:15om- Load spreader has been attached to new tank and Grover has it under tension

2:25pm- Second crane hooked to tank to help turn it vertical

2:27pm- Tank lifted and flipped vertical

2:29pm- 2nd crane disconnected

2:32pm- Tank swung over and lowered

3:03pm- Crews back up working on the draw works shed

4:00pm- Grover disconnected

4:45pm- Long straight rebar lifted towards back of OLM

5:19pm- Clamp leveling rig lifted off of the OLM

6:49pm- Something is lifted off of the OLM. Can only see on wide shot so can’t tell what

7:04pm- Piece of metal shielding lifted up to the OLM

7:15pm- Another piece lifted up

7:19pm- 3rd piece lifted

7:58pm- New draw works shielding going up

9:21pm- Crane in front of OLM leaves

10:11pm- 2nd piece of the new draw works shielding goes up

10:23pm- Concrete pump truck goes up between the OLM and OLT. Maybe filling in that gap by the smaller manifold you see on RGV’s photos? We did see rebar lifted back that way earlier.

10:29pm- Forklift removes big United rentals piece of equipment

10:37pm- United rentals generator is towed away. (The crane had to move when it was delivered so will it come back now?)

Rover 1-

18:15pm- Sheriff arrives at production site

19:53- Sheriff left, came back, and left again

Rover 2-

20:44:16- Announcement- Attention at the orbital pad. Manual bleeding of the flame deflector plate is beginning, Manual bleeding of the flame deflector plate is beginning. This will take approximately one hour.

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