New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

8:30am- Work continued on the dance floor overnight and I’m beginning to wonder if someone lost the keys to the lifts

11:55am- Lift has been up and down to the top of the staircase

1:22pm- Forklift brings in a sheet of metal. Drops it in front of the lift

5:10pm- Lift was at the top of the stairs and a second lift was up under the right side pipes inspecting

8:45pm- No lifts and no lights on the dance floor

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

8:10am- Small crane was up behind the tower around 3am. Couldn’t see what it was lifting on SBL or Rover 2.

11:20am- No work around the OLM. Concrete is being poured behind the tower.

3:15pm- Nothing

4:15pm- Maybe all of the the workers are over at the fishing tournament at the beach

8:20pm- Lights are on and movement can be seen on the dance floor

9:50pm- Mosquito spraying truck

11:00pm- No lifts have been up all day. Work continues on the dance floor

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

7:20am- LR11000 finished moving over next to the OLT overnight and their was the ever present lift at the top of the staircase

10:45am- Workers have been on top of the OLM. AWP went up to the chopsticks.

3:00pm- Quiet around the OLM

6:40pm- People have been moving around the base of the OLM and the deluge tank farm. No visible work though

9:40pm- Still no lift action but workers could be seen going up the stairs and the lights on the dance floor are on for the first time in several nights.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

6:25am- Workers returning to the pad

7:26:54am- SQD retracts

7:47am- SQD work platform is extended

7:49am- Worker on the SQD arm climbs up to S25’s QD. Installing covers?

7:58am- Work platform is retracted

8:41am- SQD arm swings to the side

8:54:55am- S25 is lifted off of B9

8:56:40am- Swinging to the side

9:04:40am- Going down

9:21:26am- Starts swinging over the stand

9:23:44am- Lowering onto the stand

9:45am- Looks like it’s down

10:32am- Workers back at the pad

11:04am- AWP going up to S26

11:12am- Squid is being disconnected from S26

11:34am- Lift up behind the cryo leg

11:54am- LR11000 swings away from S26

12:40pm- Workers on top of the OLM

1:55pm- AWP goes up to the Hot stage ring. Lifts up to the top of the OLM and behind the cryo leg

2:15pm- LR11000 starts moving towards the OLM for HSR removal most likely

3:30pm- Klaxon, storm warning announcement. Lifts go down

6:34pm- Some workers return to the pad after one heck of a storm. Over on the NSF discord, they said their weather station showed 48mph winds

9:58pm- Workers have been on top of the OLM and the AWP has been back up at the HSR.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

3:13am- Before leaving the pad, lifts were up to the top of the OLM and to the back right chine of B9

5:50am- Pad has been cleared of equipment overnight and It looks like they may be removing the tarp covering the deluge plate right now

7:30am- OLM area looks clear. No sign of pressure washers yet

7:51:22am- Cyber truck drives in front of the OLM. (Please tell me they didn’t clear this all out for a photo op)

7:56:40am- Drone and Cyber truck

8:04:55am-Now 2 people on bikes are riding around the OLM (Tesla bikes?)

8:10:49am- Cyber truck leaves the launch site

10:11am- Looks like a manifold for a set of the methane sub coolers being delivered

12:40pm- Lift was up at the bottom of S26. Still no sign of anyone pressure washing at the OLM. So between that and the tarp going back on, a test is looking doubtful. (It’s normally 5 to 7 hours from the start of pressure washing to a deluge test.)

1:33pm- New manifold delivered for the Lox side sub coolers .

2:33pm- Vent hoses are in both of S28’s tanks. Doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere tonight.

3:15pm- A crane is up over by the orbital tank farm but the tanks are blocking the view of what it’s doing. (Not by the sub coolers)

4:12:33pm- Cyber truck now pulling an Rvac is back at the OLM with a photo car in front

4:17:41pm- Round and round it goes. (The tarp was removed again for the video)

4:34:14pm- Here they come again

4:40:22pm- Taking the chains down that keep equipment off the deluge plate. They were apparently ruining the shot.

4:47:24- Left the OLM and now coming back in. Do one lap and leave the pad area again.

5:05pm- Back to do some still photos

5:37:45pm- S29 nosecone venting

5:56pm- I mean, who doesn’t want to drive circles around the OLM?

6:34pm- Venting from bottom of S29

6:39pm- And the road closure is for……taking video of Cyber truck pulling the Rvac up and down the road with no one else around

7:12pm- Drone following the truck down Hwy 4 this pass

7:45pm- B13’s transfer tube is lifted for install in the mega bay

8:35pm- Headlights can be seen to the side of the pad but no workers have returned yet

8:58pm- S25’s stand is moved to beside the OLM. Here comes another de stack

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

8:50am- Lift up to the top of the staircase. No lights were seen on the dance floor overnight. So work must have been focused inside of the OLM ring.

9:21am- S31 is being stacked on to its aft section.

11:46am- All is quiet at the OLM

2:40pm- Roof beams are going up to the new mega bay and star factory. A cyber truck has been spotted driving around on Rover 1. No lifts up at the launch site

2:54:40pm- B9 Grid fin tests

3:43:56pm- S25’s flaps are tested

4:35pm- Venting at Massey’s

7:40pm- No lifts. No lights on the dance floor.

10:30pm- Lift up at the top of the stairs and the dance floor lights are back on. They’ve fixed the tarp around the outside of the dance floor though so you can’t see anyone moving.

Rover 2-

15:46:20- Cybertruck enters the launch site

16:28- Leaves the launch site (Never saw it around the OLM on SBL)

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

9:00am- Lifts were up at the staircase and behind the cryo leg (Maybe at the old staircase) overnight. Workers were busy on the dance floor. Didn’t notice anything happening at the ground level.

12:25pm- Lifts are down. No signs of anything going on at S26. Another big beam went up at the star factory. It’s really going to block the view of the high bay when it’s done.

3:10pm- Lift up by the old staircase.

5:55pm- Maybe 2nd shift will be more exciting

8:55pm- It hasn’t. Lift up to the top of the OLM by the cryo leg

11:00pm- Lift up at the top of the staircase and the top of the OLM still. Workers could be seen going up the stairs as well. No lights are on, on the dance floor.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

8:30am- Nothing happened overnight. 2 lifts went up to the staircase about an hour ago but are back down now.

11:20am- The 2 lifts have been back up to the top of the staircase

3:00pm- Just 1 lift at the staircase now. (I know, absolutely riveting)

5:58pm- Lift goes up behind the cryo leg. Stays for 8 minutes before going down.

6:31pm- Forklift brings in a flat piece of metal with some cut outs.

6:38pm- Looks like the forklift puts the piece of metal into the basket of the lift

6:45pm- Lift goes up to the top of the staircase

7:09pm- Lift goes back down. Worker seemed to be struggling to get it out of the basket but the lighting was terrible so I can’t tell if they were successful or not

7:20pm- Forklift brings another piece of metal in, puts it in lift, and lift goes back up to the top of the stairs

7:40pm- Small shower of sparks from inside of the OLM ring, left side of stairs

9:20pm- Lift up at the stairs and workers can be seen on the dance floor. Light tower is also on for the first time in awhile. So maybe they are planning on doing work under or around the OLM tonight?

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

8:30am- A lift was up to S29’s methane hatch at Massey’s overnight. A lift was also up to the top of the OLM most of the night and then to show off, 2 lifts went up to the top of the staircase at the same time this morning.

10:27am- Lifts up to the top of the staircase, the dance floor, and S28.

2:00pm- Lifts went down for lunch and now they’re back at the same places

7:30pm- Lift was up to the top of the Cryo leg and of course the staircase.

10:30pm- 2nd shift either has the night off or has started their night working somewhere other than the OLM.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

12:02am- 24.2 Turns onto Hwy 4

1:54am- Turns off Hwy 4 into Massey’s

5:35am- 3 Lifts were up at S28. At the OLM lifts went up to the top and to the staircase overnight.

8:28am- 3 scissor lifts up under S26

11:45am- More roof beams are going up at the Star factory. The ever present lift at the top of the staircase has gone up and down a couple of times

4:20pm- The OLM is still there. More beams going up over at the star factory.

7:30pm- Lift has been up at the top of the OLM

10:15pm- Workers could be seen around the base of the OLM and on the dance floor. The lift has gone up to the top of the OLM and the dance floor

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

8:50am- AWP went up to several places around the HSR on B9 overnight. A lift went up and down to the staircase and workers could be seen on the dance floor.

12:15pm- Lifts have been up to the staircase, dance floor, under the backside of the OLM, and to the lox tank of S26. Overall, back to being pretty boring to watch.

5:45pm- Workers on top of the OLM

9:00pm- Lifts have been up to the backside of the OLM and the backside of the tower.

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I’m really impressed by how quickly the plate is getting assembled. I didn’t expect the manifolds to get added for another week or so, and now they’re at 2 / 3.

I’m not sure what the bottleneck is at the moment. Once everything is lifted in place they can move B9 over, but they might want to wait until they hit stage adapter is added.

B9 could go through spin prime tests without the plane being ready, and the plate can get tested without all deluge water & gas tanks present. We’re also it sure how far along the other OLM repairs are (cryo pipes are still being replaced). So there’s a ton of stuff happening in parallel.

Exciting stuff happening right now (See Starbase Live).

• Launch site movement with the SPMT that transported the steel plate for the water deluge system and the SPMT with the Jig!
• Jig is being moved into position and now a crane is being raised! Things are getting exciting this morning.
• At the same time S28 is getting a payload door.

edit: And here’s the latest RGV Flyover video, which is the flyover from last week. Interesting content, but already heavily out of date.

Yes that’s right

I guess the sponsors will be happy with this.

You have to find the same community in your home instance, instead of going to that instance directly.

I agree this is confusing, especially if you come there from a link. There’s no easy “go to this community on my instance” link right now, though there are user scripts to make this easier.

What you can do is copy a link to a community or post and paste it in the search on your home instance. That’ll hopefully show that post and allow you to subscribe.

Might be a decent result for Perez, but I know Max wouldn’t be happy to finish 3rd, 12 seconds behind a Ferrari and 40 seconds behind his teammate.

TLDW: 650 meters long, in Hesse.

Really happy Lando got the DOTD and not Checo “Bin it in quali and almost make up for it during the race” Perez

RGV Sneak Peek shows some nice shots of the steel plates, as well as the pour under the OLM. Looks like a lot more concrete is needed though, wonder when that’ll happen.

The steel plates look ready for transport, so I bet this next pour will be soon — it seems to be the main hold up.