I’m brain dead and burnt out. I’ve been to the dentist again, I have to go to the endodontist, they’re talking about multiple root canals in my future, and all is shit. So, since I shot HUNDREDS of pictures at Boca Chica a month ago, let’s look at more of them.
The Rocket Garden.
The launch site from the construction site.
That’s a freakin’ big launch tower.
The Starship booster was on the pad. The cloud is some sort of cryogenic fuel that was venting.
That’s the Quick Release connection. It moves over to connect to the top of the booster, and fuel pumps through it into the liquid oxygen and supercooled methane tanks. When the launch starts, it disconnects in just a second and pulls back away from the rising rocket.
Waaaaay off in the distance, about eight miles away, is South Padre Island, which is the best place to watch a launch from if you don’t work for SpaceX and can’t get onsite.
The “chopsticks” which rise up, spread wide, then close around the top of the booster to lift it off of the transport vehicle and up into position on the launch pad.
The space above the top of the booster is where the Starship rocket goes, also picked up and put into position by the “chopsticks.”
The “hopper,” the first test vehicle that flew and landed safely on its own.
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 