A ξ¨ #microblog chronicle of #Starbase: the design, development, fabrication, assembly, testing, and #launches, of #Starship and Super Heavy Booster!
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πSpaceX Starship Flight Test Tributeπ
In tribute to #Starship Ship 24 and Super Heavy Booster 7, knowing their fate from the start, they lifted off from the #SpaceX #Starbase rocket launch complex, went #SuperSonic, reached #MaxQ, and then met their fate.
π₯@WatchStarbase
πMorning Orbital Launch Mount Action!π
Wednesday 2023-05-03 6:35AM at the #SpaceX #Starbase Orbital Launch Mount (OLM) one of the 2 large #MEC brand scissor lifts returned to the OLM to lift rocket workers into the new scaffolding and to the top of the OLM.
π₯@NASASpaceflight
ποΈNew SpaceX Owned JLG Ultra Boom Is HidingποΈ
The new @JLG_Industries JLG Ultra Boom crew lift that #SpaceX #Starbase purchased, replete with White and Black SpaceX colors and logo, is hiding out at the #Masseys test facility for some reason (see #highlight).
π₯@NASASpaceflight
ALT Thanks to the - NasaSpaceflight - youtube channel for their superb live views of Starbase for making this video screen capture image possible. Please watch and subscribe to the NasaSpaceflight channel on youtube for their live views of the rocket R&D, build, test, and launch, action at Starbase.
The new #SpaceX #Starbase owned JLG Ultra Boom crew lift showed up in the Tuesday 2023-05-02 #NSF update video, in clips produced by #NASASpaceFlight photog @NicAnsuini. The NSF video's captions don't note the new lift.
View it at this pinpoint linkπ:
youtu.be/zfptugkdH0c?t=161
π«§Orbital Tank Farm Water Deliveryπ«§
Tuesday afternoon 2023-05-02 at the #SpaceX #Starbase Orbital Tank Farm (OTF), a water delivery truck arrived, workers opened a hatch in the pavement roadside at the OTF, the truck pumped water into it, and then departed.
π₯#EpicSpaceFlight
To clarify, it's speculation that the water intake system in the #timelapse above pumps water into the Orbital Tank Farm (OTF) water tanks (#gse7 & #gse8).
This water intake may instead connect to the drainage and sump pump system that extends to the launch site's west edge.
πOrbital Launch Tower Shield Panel Removalπ
Early 2023-05-02 at the #SpaceX #Starbase Orbital Launch Tower (OLT), rocket workers began using a #Grove crane to remove shield panels (SPs) from the OLT. The SPs protect the #chopsticks transmission and brake systems.
π₯#LabPadre
Although the #SpaceX #Starbase Orbital Launch Tower (OLT) rocket lift/catch arms (#chopsticks) diesel electric hoist motor are at the rear of the OLT, the complex chopsticks braking and transmission system comprise the equipment in the lower levels of inside the OLT itself.
πStupendous Starbase Sunrise Season Day Two!
For a 2nd day, the morning #NASASpaceflight crew has produced a dazzling daybreak image, with more to come on #NSF live for months.
Today, the #Starbase launch pad got the full β’ Cecil B. Demille β’ treatment.
π₯@NASASpaceflight
ALT Thanks to the - NasaSpaceflight - youtube channel for their superb live views of Starbase for making this video screen capture image possible. Please watch and subscribe to the NasaSpaceflight channel on youtube for their live views of the rocket R&D, build, test, and launch, action at Starbase.
πEnviro-Activists vs FAA Starbase Claim Detailsπ
Lawsuit plaintiffs @CenterForBioDiv et al, claim the #FAA violated the "National Environmental Policy Act" by issuing #Starbase a FONSI /wo a more detailed Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
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πEnviro-Activists vs FAA Claim Detailsπ
The plaintiffs claim the 183 page #FAA Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) issued to #Starbase on 2022-06-13 didn't comply /w the National Environmental Policy Act & the Administrative Procedure Act.
π faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/β¦
The tactics and rhetoric the enviro-activist plaintiffs employ in their federal lawsuit complaint against the #FAA include:
β’ exaggerations averred as fact
β’ falsehoods averred as fact
β’ (ex.) claiming static fires are "explosions"
β’ "sky is falling" levels of alarmism
The helpful picture-in-picture zoom and magnification feature in the #timelapse above seems likely to get utilized from now on when needed for #Starbase activity analysis and annotation.
πLawsuit Against FAA Regarding Starbaseπ
On Monday 2023-05-01 environmental activists filed a Wash. D.C. federal lawsuit against the #FAA requesting Declaratory Judgement vacating the #FAA #Starbase environmental assessment (#PEA) and launch license.
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It's notable that the enviro-activist groups:
β’ @SaveRGVfromLNG
β’ @CenterForBioDiv
β’ @audubonsociety
β’ and others
haven't yet sued @SpaceX directly, but have instead strategized, without success so far, on trying for governmental agency blockage.
xitter.cf/CenterForBioDiv/statusβ¦
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Plaintiffs @CenterForBioDiv et al, claim that:
"The FAA violated the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321 et seq. applicable regulations, and the Administrative Procedure Act 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706"
by issuing the FONSI/ROD to #Starbase /wo a more detailed EIS.
It seems the #timelapse above provides visual nourishment for both the: #Stage0 devotee, and #CraneNerd aficionado, #Starship enthusiast populations, all packed into one variable speed #Starbase action annotation video.