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SpaceX Reveals Plans To Build New High Bay Bigger Than Previous High Bay!
CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX is about to begin the construction of “a much larger high bay” adjacent to the existing structure, an 82m (~270 ft) tall building used to complete assembly of Starship and Super Heavy boosters.
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According to Musk, the newest addition to SpaceX’s arsenal of Starship production facilities will be located “just north” of an existing high bay, which measures approximately 30m by 25m (100′ x 80′).
Most importantly, Boca Chica’s high bay is tall enough for SpaceX to use a bridge crane to stack 50m (165′) Starships and ~70m (~230′) Super Heavy boosters – far more efficient and protected than using wheeled or tracked cranes to assemble rockets out in the open.
Construction of the existing high bay began in May 2020 and was more or less complete by the start of 2021.
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More likely, Musk means that SpaceX will effectively be building a second similarly tall high bay but with far more usable floor space.
The existing structure is large enough to fit four or far different Starship or Super Heavy ‘stacks’ at once, though SpaceX’s current setup appears to allow two or three vehicle sections to be stacked and worked on simultaneously.
In his July 25th tweet, Musk implicitly noted that SpaceX does have a significant amount of mostly unused space that could be perfect for another assembly building directly north of the high and mid bays.
Generally speaking, SpaceX has a plot of land around 170m (~560′) by 190m (~620′) that’s currently half-used as a Starship scrapyard and overflow lot, but most of the space is empty.
Even if SpaceX only turned half of that land into a sort of vertical Starship assembly line, it would still boost high bay floor space by at least a factor of five or six – and possibly 8-10x.
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Saturn "Vee" ??? Good grief. Get someone who can speak English and Not an AI.
It just cracks me up when Elon starts talking of a permanent self sustaining city on Mars! Apparently, he has not thought this through! Mars has only 38% the gravity of earth, which is a big problem that can not be overcome, being it a base or any other dream! Which is why Elon never discusses or addresses the issue! Ignoring it is not solving the very real problem! It's not going to go away!
they do not stack 70 meters high in high bay. They stack 37 rings high X 6 ft. That is 67.66 meters. The other 2.34 meters is the amount the raptors hang below the rings. that makes the 70 meter booster height.
Interestingly, the engineering team consists of people – all under 30.
Does it mean that Musk doesn't employ anyone over 40??
It certainly seems so.
Can I get a shoutout
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