SpaceX Boca Chica - TPS X on show as Starships position themselves for test series

While Starships SN5 and SN6 prepare for a potential hop tag team test campaign, a sign of the future was seen in the form of TPS installation, suitably provided in the pattern of an X.

Video and Pictures from Mary (@BocaChicaGal). Edit: Theo Ripper (@theoripper).

Click "Join" for access to early fast turnaround clips, exclusive discord access with the NSF team, etc - to support the channel.

Updates: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51332.0

Articles: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/?s=Starship

NSF Store: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/shop/

L2 Boca Chica (more clips and photos) from BC's very early days to today.
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=47107.0
(Join L2 and support NSF here: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/l2/)

0:00 - High Bay Construction
0:24 - Launch Site Sunrise
0:56 - SN5 Waiting
1:27 - X Made With Thermal Protection Tiles
2:00 - X Closeup
2:28 - Super Heavy Pad Construction
3:32 - Construction Near Starship Pad
3:59 - Liquid Nitrogen Delivery
4:38 - High Bay Construction
6:59 - Starship Launch Mount Repairs
8:15 - Launch Site
8:28 - Launch Site
8:48 - Earth Work At Build Site
9:29 - Work On Starship Launch Mount
10:36 - Old Legs In Scrap Pile
12:02 - SN6 and SN8 In Mid Bay
13:05 - SN6 and SN8 Closeup
13:47 - Mid Bay and High Bay
14:14 - Noseconeopolis
14:50 - SN2 Modifications Continue
15:29 - Looking Into Old Starship Mount
15:59 - SN2 Mods Closeup

Видео SpaceX Boca Chica - TPS X on show as Starships position themselves for test series канала NASASpaceflight