THE VIDEO SHELF · spacex starship
Starbase Tour with Elon Musk [PART 2 // Summer 2021]
Everyday Astronaut takes a tour of SpaceX's Starbase with Elon Musk as guide. Topics include the Raptor engines, launch escape systems, the heat shield and the first orbital test.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it to see how Musk actually talks and thinks about engineering, unedited and in depth.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Everyday Astronaut
- Topic
- spacex starship
- Format
- interview
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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If you don't mind a little Musk propaganda, I enjoyed these two videos [0] [1] from Everyday Astronaut where he toured the SpaceX factory and launch site ("Starbase") with Musk. My favorite quote was about the most common trap that engineers fall into, which is …
TechBro8615 on Hacker News · 2023-02
In SpaceX prepares to test fire all 33 Starship engines at onceThis short video clip quickly makes evident why SpaceX has become so dominant, now sending more than 90% of all global cargo to orbit every year. In short: Musk is operating from first principles, questioning everything from the ground up, willing to try things that …
cs702 on Hacker News · 2024-06
In Why Elon Musk switched Starship from carbon fiber to stainless steel
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