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Note to self: next time the cop at the roadblock asks you "are you a SpaceX employee?", the right answer is "yes" 😠

#spacex #starship

Lots of action today at the #SpaceX #Starship site 🤩

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL6Fl8cex3Q

I decided stay a few more days to check what's happening during the scheduled road closures:
https://www.cameroncounty.us/spacex/
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With my best Russian accent, I should have asked back: "Excuse me sir, can you direct me to the Amerikan Nuclear Wessels?"

https://youtu.be/sf8rDpu1vCk?t=74
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And this is the last footage I could take before SpaceX security finally noticed me and sent someone to tell me that I was "trespassing" and "videos are not allowed".

Well, I guess they don't watch YouTube 😂

#spacex #starship

Panning from the Starship construction site in the distance through a sunset obscured by BN2.1, the historic Starhopper prototype, section 5 of the Orbital Launch Tower waiting to be stacked, and finally... 🥁... the massive, mismatched body of Frankenzilla, still holding section 4 after lifting it in place this afternoon.

#spacex #starship

Crossing a quagmire filled with hungry mosquitoes, towards Frankenzilla at the opposite end of the site...

Along the way, I spot several holes in the sand; some are the size of an arm. What creatures live in these holes? 😨

#spacex starship

This should be Suborbital Pad B, which carried the unfortunate SN11.

Behind and to the right, the BN2.1 test tank, which was cryo-proofed last week. Since it didn't blow up, we believe the test was successful.

#spacex #starship

In the evening, I went back to Boca Chica and decided to walk through the swamps around the
launch site...

#spacex #starship

Today I wasted my afternoon at the stupid South Padre Island while Frankenzilla was stacking section 4 of the orbital launch tower 😓

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0AZIvjXjZc
#spacex #starship

It's the #SpaceX construction site! 🤩

Bit it's too far to observe their activity. Even with a telescope, there would be too much atmospheric haze.

Today I went to South Padre Island, a resort island situated north of the #SpaceX launch complex.

Marcus House gives an update on #SpaceX #Starship and #SuperHeavy development:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iFg4wvp5gw

"NO TRESPASSING
RAPTORS LOOSE"

#spacex #starship

Aerial view of the #SpaceX launch site from June 4:

On the left, the cryogenic fuel farm under construction. #spacex

#SpaceX South Texas Ground Tracking Station.

I believe this was here before #Starship construction began.

The new #Starbase sign.
#spacex

Arriving at the #Starship construction site in Boca Chica.
#spacex #starbase

These NASASpaceflight videos with no voice over speak for themselves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtSCwYRMq7c
#spacex #starship