Elon Musk just did a MIRACLE with MECHALLIZA this is Awesome

Today we are going to talk about one of the next big projects of Elon Musk. The Mechazilla is one of his newest projects and engineers are working night and day to build this new lunching station that is going to be one of the most unique in the world.

This engineering marvel is very impressive and according to many experts, it is going to change the perception for space travel forever. That is why this information might be very interesting and important, stay with us till the end of the video to find out about Musk’s newest idea.

Let’s start :

In the past weeks we have seen a flurry of activity at Elon Musk’s biggest company called – SpaceX and their Boca Chica Launch Complex! In addition to the SN 20 prototype completing a static fire test with three of the new amazing Raptor Vacuum six engines this month, the facility’s “Mechazilla” Launch Tower recently received a giant pair of steel arms. This is the newest thing related to the project that is famously known as Mechzilla. Once integrated with the 135 meters tower, these arms will be responsible for “catching” spent Starships and Super Heavy boosters as they return to Earth. This is something that is quite amazing you must admit.

This amazing Tower will have another role. The tower will prepare missions by stacking first stage boosters with Starships and after that it will be able to refuel these elements for the next launch. This is completely automated. In this respect, the Launch Tower is a crucial piece of the Orbital Launch Site architecture that Elon Musk has planned for Boca Chica. Let us just explain that Once the Starship completes its Orbital Flight Test, Boca Chica will become a spaceflight hub where launches and retrievals are conducted regularly. The orbital flight test is going to happen very soon. Those are the information that we have right now.

The lunch tower will have other elements added to the orbital lunch site as part of its Ground Support Equipment site. According to the information This will probably include more fuel tanks, water tanks, pipelines, additional pumping station, and many more amenities. Together, the Launch Tower and the Ground Support Equipment will enable SpaceX to launch, retrieve, refuel, and relaunch its vehicles, ensuring rapid reusability and minimized turnaround time. This is the very much unique in this field.

The giant steel arms are the engineer miracle that Elon Musk and his engineers are introducing. These arms are popular known as “chopsticks”. The arms got this name by the crews at Boca Chica and are mounted to a carriage-like structure. The Tower, meanwhile, is equipped with rails that have a series of skates, which the ground crews attached the carriage to using a series of large pins. Once the arms are integrated, they will be paired with a third Quick Disconnect arm that will stabilize boosters whenever they are in the process of being stacked with the Starship. It is quite complicated technology, and that is why most of the people in the world are interested. They are saying that this type of technology might revolutionize the whole field.

This quick disconnect arm that we have mentioned is also tasked with distributing power. This arm was the first component installed aboard the Launch Tower, which took place in late August, about a month after the crews finished stacking the Tower. Around the same time, construction began on the carriage-like structure and the two giant arms, which took about three months to complete. The time is crucial factor here, and we are mentioning it because the construction of the arms took very small amount of time.

The integration of the Quick Disconnect arm with the Launch Tower began on October sixth, when the ground crews moved the carriage into a vertical position and reoriented the “chopsticks” so they were angled the right way. By October twentieth, the team of Elon Musk completed the first step of installing the carriage and arms onto the rail skates using the facility’s largest crane. Twelve connections need to be made in total before the catch arms will be a part of the Tower without the help of a crane.

Let us just remind you that this is one of the most ambitious features of a spaceflight project already breaking new ground. The Starship is a fully reusable rocket capable of sending over 100 tons or 100 people into space at a time. The ship is designed to support all of SpaceX’s current missions while also paving the way for more ambitious plans like a base on the Moon or a city on Mars.

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