"A mystery that makes sense" | SpaceX Starbase

A huge SpaceX-themed test device was rolled down Highway 4, called "ibeproofin'", related to Starbase Pad 2 readiness, while future ships that will launch from the new pad continue build-up in Starfactory.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Booster QD Disassembled
0:31 Cables Run Down Tower 1
0:48 More Cables Behind the Tower
1:01 Pile Drilling for the ASU
1:24 Ship 43’s Common Dome Section
1:33 Ship Transfer Tubes Moved to MB2
1:58 Fourth Tower Crane Boom Installed
2:08 ibeproofin’ Tool
2:56 Pad 2 Booster QD Retract Tests
3:11 Ship 40’s Nosecone Moved
3:51 Office Building
4:06 Raptor Display
4:15 Apartment Building Construction
4:31 Pad 2 LOX Pump Testing
5:16 Flag on Tower 1
5:32 Pad 1 Upgrade Preps Continue
5:46 Masseys Test Site
5:55 Ship Static Fire Stand
6:03 B18.1 and B18.3 Test Tanks
6:11 Scaffolding at B18.3
6:19 Work at the Ship Cryo Station
6:27 “Test Tank 18” Aft Section Lifted
6:38 “Test Tank 18” Moved Into MB2
6:47 Pad 1 Booster QD Removed
7:02 More Cybertrucks Delivered
7:18 Giga Bay Construction
8:11 Tower Crane Operations
8:37 Crane Parts Delivered
9:33 ibeproofin’ Lifted Into Pad 2
10:07 Pad 1 Drawworks Leaving Starbase
10:50 Very Quick Pad 2 Deluge Test
11:02 Longer Pad 2 Deluge Test
11:23 Tile Pull Testing
12:07 “Test Tank 18” Moved
12:22 OLM Section Removed

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