The Path to Starship V3: Pad Demolition, Raptor Surge, New Ships | Starbase Update

Flight 11 is now in the rearview mirror—and with it, Starship Version 2. All eyes now turn toward Starship Version 3, a complete pad overhaul, a massive Raptor 3 production surge, and new revelations from NASA about the Human Landing System variant.

In this episode of Starbase Update, Jack takes you through:
🚀 What SpaceX’s new footage from Flight 11 reveals
🛠️ Pad 1’s looming demolition and transformation
🧪 Progress at Pad 2 and rapid work on the service structure
📡 Why the booster hovered but the ship didn’t
🏗️ Starship V3 hardware: Ship 39, Booster 18, test tanks & nosecone hall movement
🔥 Massive Raptor 3 test surge at McGregor and new high-serial engines
🌕 NASA’s new Starship HLS slides, V3 confirmation, and precision landing requirements
🏗️ Florida: Giga Bay crane setup, LC-39A’s LR13000, and SLC-37 site prep
🏭 Mystery test tanks, Massey’s bottleneck, bunker builds & Sanchez sightings

From demolition prep to cranes rising, tanks testing, engines firing, and lunar ambitions aligning—SpaceX is pushing toward the next evolutionary leap of Starship.
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🤵 Hosted by Jack Beyer (@thejackbeyer)
🖊️ Written by Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@alexphysics13)
🎥 Video from BocaChicaGal, Jack Beyer, Julia Bergeron, Max Evans, Ceaser G, Tyler Gray, Jerry Pike, Gage Telesz, Starbase Live, McGregor Live, Space Coast Live, SpaceX, Planet Labs PBC via Harry Stranger, NASA.
✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).
💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).

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