Wel heel vervelend voor mensen die zo’n fiets hebben.

Heb zelf een RadPower fiets en die gaan ook weg uit Europa. Maar die fiets heeft ook nog eens banden die nergens anders te krijgen zijn…

En ondertussen is dat bedrijf nog aan het stunten met aanbiedingen.

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

6:46am- Crane swings over to the OLM in the first sign of life today.

7:01am- Basket removed after spending all day yesterday on the OLM

7:27am- Basket goes back into the center of the OLM

7:36am- Earthwork gets back underway on the left side of the OLM

8:01am- Piece of metal pipe with a triangular brace removed from the top of the OLM

8:34am- Another piece of pipe removed

9:30am- Basket removed

9:49am- Another piece of pipe lowered from the OLM

10:00am- Small silver tank being rolled out to the launch site. Looks like a vertically mounted tank

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

(Tornado= Raptor QD Spin up test)

11:21:21pm- Tornado

11:35pm- Small (No tornado)

11:40:45pm- Tornado

11:55:13pm- Small (No tornado)

12:08:19am- Tornado

12:31:14am- Tornado

1:01:04am- Tornado

1:16:54am- Small (No tornado)

1:19:37am- Tornado

1:52:47am- Tornado

1:55am- Depress vent?

3:56am- Workers back at pad

8:50am- Crane lifts a bunch of boards out from beside the OLM

9:15am- Basket goes up. Center

9:33am- Crane lifts something with a lot of cables hanging off of it

5:25pm- Lots of people working on top of the OLM but the cranes and lifts have been silent today

6:00pm- Intermittent closure starts. NSF in SBL chat says that Jack is reporting sheriffs at the launch site. So maybe more testing instead of something moving?

6:20pm- Pope stack is venting (Going back and looking, I’m pretty sure it was just the pope stack and not the OLM like people were saying)

7:00pm- Seems like a full test/purge of the cryo lines

7:08pm- Can’t tell if that’s the new purge line or if there is just a massive leak

7:20pm- Launch site cloaking device engaged

7:29:10- People were reporting a bang. I can hear a slight pop but NSF’s mic is so far away that I don’t know if I’d put much faith in it being anything.

7:30pm- Venting seems to be letting up some

7:34pm- Pope stack is going again

8:00pm- Still venting. Seems to die off some and then pick back up

8:30:42- Sounds like a cell phone ringing. So I think you have to discount all of the bangs and pops

9:28:53- Drone comes out of lox cloud

10:36pm- Really starting to die off. Tank finally getting empty?

10:53pm- Down to a trickle at the beach but still a significant cloud by the actual tanks

11:16pm- Vent still going but small enough for people to return to the pad and people to leave the beach

Rover 2-

20:43:40- Something is definitely wrong. 4 person red team shows up in 2 carts and makes their plans on how they are going to punch thru and get to the big lox tank and spin the shutoff valve. Stick together and get out if the monitor goes off. The banging and popping sounds like a warning klaxon on here.

21:08- One guy walks out and a pick up shows up

21:10- Pick up leaves the pad

21:12- 2 more guys walk out on their cell phones

21:32- 47 minutes later, I’m going to guess they couldn’t get the valve to shut.

21:51- Lots of honking. It seems people are trapped on the beach.

21:54- Lab switches R2’s feed to R3 and we lose the microphone

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

12:48am- Concrete pump truck goes up to right of OLM. Looks like they may be finally pouring that little pad off to the side

4:14am- Basket comes down

4:37am- Crane lowers and leaves from in front of OLM

4:45am- Forklift brings in some kind of united rentals equipment

4:55am- Pick up backs in a giant generator in front of OLM

5:06am- Forklift brings in another united rentals piece of equipment

5:15am- Crane comes back. Looks it just left to make room for the deliveries

7:50am- SPMT headed to the launch site

7:58am- 3rd segment of the 4th floor of the new mega bay lifted

8:20am- Pump truck folding up, concrete truck is backed up to the OLM though so pour continues, Grover removing it’s counterweights (so that’s what the SPMT was for)

8:56am- New crossbeam test fitted at the draw works shed

8:58am- Concrete truck is gone, looks like the pour is over

9:03am- Crossbeam installed

9:11am- Pump truck goes up around the deluge tank farm (can be seen much clearer on Rover 2)

9:24am- More concrete trucks arriving, go to the pump truck

10:13am- Equipment lifted off of the OLM

10:19am- New upper crossbeam installed on the draw works shed

10:27am- Another pump truck goes up between the OLM and OLT

11:00am- Lifts are up at the oxygen and methane tank access hatches of S25

11:51am- Pump truck between OLM and OLT folds up

1:46pm- Crane lifts triangular object to top of OLM

1:54pm- Crane lifts section of pipe to top of OLM

2:04pm- Pump truck at the backside of the OLT goes down

2:30pm- Pad seems to be clearing

2:41pm- BQD hood opens (We are 40 minutes into the intermittent closure)

2:48pm- BQD hood closes

2:54pm- BQD hood opens again

3:01pm- BQD hood closes (Did they clear the OLM area just for hood tests?)

3:37pm- Quick check of Rover 1 shows test tank 24.2 sitting quietly with no SPMT’s in sight. Doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere during this closure

4:13pm- Tweet from Jack- Just got shooed out of the dunes by a drone with a speaker on it because im “in the blast danger area for today’s test”. That’s a first. 🤔 @NASASpaceflight

4:18pm- Still 2 lifts up at S25’s methane tank. Waiting on them to get done?

4:51pm- Drone

5:03pm- Last lift at S25 is going down

5:21pm- Purge of the new water line at the OTF?

6:20pm- Venting sounds but lifts are back up at S25

8:01pm- People back at the OLM and lift at the stabilizer arm on the right chopstick

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

11:50pm- Lift goes up to chopsticks. Work continues on the stabilizer arms

1:23am- Blue box looking piece of equipment that was lifted to the top of OLM yesterday is brought back down

2:33am- Concrete pump truck goes up and extends between OLM and OLT

3:28am- Tarp goes up at the draw works shed. Sparks fly. It looks like some of the cross beams are being removed

8:15am- The boom on the concrete pumper has not moved since it was set up

8:36am- Big section of black tarp set up at the base of the OLM

9:01am-Boom on the concrete pumper retracts some

9:36am- Zoom in on the end of the pump truck boom shows it in the deluge pipe pit

10:10am- Pumper truck retracts

10:16am- Workers back up at the damaged water tank shell. Yeah the tank doesn’t exactly sit flush with the straight edge they hold up

10:28am- Pumper truck extends back out

10:35am- Basket goes up too top left side

12:34pm- Pump boom is all the way over by the 3rd manifold. They may be finishing up the concrete under the OLM.

12:50pm- Back up working on the stabilizer arms

1:50pm- Pump truck folds up

2:10pm- New crossbeam is being risen to the draw works shed

3:02pm- You can see all 3 access hatches on S25 have been opened

4:09pm-Zoomed in shot shows that the concrete is up to the top of the wooden forms around the OLM

4:25pm- It looks like they may have back filled over the deluge feed pipes and now they’re just trying to work on the correct grade

4:57pm- Forklift brings in what looks like a giant toy top to a work station set up by the OLT

5:32pm- Forklift removes some large hoses from same work station

6:11pm- Forklift lifts a circular hatch. Moves it to the other side of the OLT

6:35pm- 3 lifts up at the access hatch to S25’s methane tank

7:30pm- Upper cross brace removed from the draw works shed

7:53pm- Cutting torch comes out at the shed

8:58pm- Sparks flying, welders welding. Slow day for cranes and lifts but no doubt lots of work is still getting done.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

12:36am- Lift goes up to the stabilizer arm again

12:47am- Lift goes down

1:26am- Lift back up at the draw works shed. Sparks flying

2:02am- Lift go up to S25

2:43am- Lift at S25 goes down

3:47am- Lift at the draw works goes down. About half done.

5:20am- Pump truck folds up. Pour done

6:54am- Lift back up at the draw works shed

8:08am- Lift goes back down. About 3/4 done.

8:11am- New medium lift crane arrives at the right side of OLM

8:18am- Lift back up at S25 and right back down after a few minutes

8:53am- Piece of equipment lifted to the top of the OLM. (Blue, boxed shape, not quite sure what it was)

9:06am- Lift goes back up to the draw works

9:13am- Another piece of equipment is lifted to the bottom of the Cryo pipe leg.

9:47am- 2 lifts go up to S25

9:55am- Small rectangular piece of metal lifted to the top of the OLM

10:14am- Piece of metal that was just lifted is removed

10:21am- Lift at the draw works goes down

10:31am- Lift goes back up

10:32am- Piece of metal goes back up. Needed some fine tuning?

10:41am- Similar shaped piece gets lifted up

10:55am- 3rd piece of metal goes up

11:15am- Piece of pipe lifted up to the new door

11:34am- Another piece of pipe goes up

11:42am- Lifts go down at S25

11:58am- Lift at the draw works goes down

12:16pm- Lift goes back up at S25

1:16pm- Lift goes back up to the draw works shed

3:30pm- Short piece of metal beam lifted to the top of the OLM.

3:57pm- Basket goes up to the new door

4:05pm- Basket goes down

4:41pm- Lift at the draw works shed goes down. Looks like all of the damaged siding is now removed. (Took a total of 9 hours and 44 minutes to remove it)

5:26pm- Forklift lowers sheet of metal into the deluge feed pipe pit

7:24pm- Purge of the deluge pressure system

8:03pm- Lifts at S25 have gone down

8:04pm- Next mega bay section and booster stand are on the move

8:19pm- Cop at the roadblock? Stopped traffic long enough for the booster stand to move down Hwy 4 and turn on Eichorn

8:37pm- Booster stand went over for storage by the raptor install stand

8:47pm- Lifts go back up to S25

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Not sure what to make of this crazy contraption: https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1678949709661065217?s=46&t=Mj914Aam14loAYQOISZ9zQ

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

11:50pm- Lift that had been up at the chopsticks goes down

11:56pm- Lift goes back up to the chopsticks

12:00am- Lift goes back down

1:48am- Lift goes back up to the chopsticks

4:11am- Lift goes back down

6:29am- Basket up top of OLM

6:45am- 2nd segment of the 4th level of the new high bay lifted

7:01am- Basket down

7:30am- Basket up to the door at the top of the new stairs

7:31am- Large L shaped metal object (I think it’s a small diameter pipe) lowered into the pit

7:40am- Basket down

7:50am- Basket up top of OLM

8:19am- 2 lifts go up to the side of S25

8:33am- Basket down

8:53am- Basket up to the door

9:26am- Basket goes down

11:03am- Large L shape pipe that was lowered earlier is repositioned

11:55am- Lift goes back up to the chopsticks

12:21pm- Zoom in on the crew working on the chopsticks. Seem to be working on the hydraulics for the stabilizer arm

12:34pm- Looks like they removed the hydraulic ram

12:44pm- Lift moves over to the other side of the stabilizer arm

1:05pm- Lifts go down at S25. Access hatch is open and vent tube installed

2:25pm- Lift back up at S25

3:38pm- Square piece of metal lifted to the top of the OLM

4:35pm- Concrete pump truck seen in background. Checked Nerdle cam and it looks like it was pouring around the high pressure tanks for the deluge earlier and now it’s over by the old landing pad.

4:40pm- Another piece of metal lifted to the top of the OLM

5:33pm- Pumper truck folds up to leave

6:12pm- Lift goes up to top of chopsticks

6:33pm- 2nd lift goes up to the stabilizer arm

6:46pm- First lift goes down

7:03pm- 1 of the lifts at S25 goes down

7:07pm- Lift at the stabilizer arm goes down. No sign of a new hydraulic piston

7:16pm- Both lifts go back up

7:25pm- Top lift goes back down. Looks like they are just inspecting

7:51pm- Lift at the stabilizer arm goes down. Was working in the piston area but SBL zoomed out and went on a tour

9:18pm- Lift goes up to the side of the drawworks shed. Whoever was hoping that they would replace the shielding soon might be in luck.

10:03pm- Lift at the drawworks goes down. There was definitely sparks flying like they were starting to cut something.

10:46pm- Lift was back at the drawworks shed. Looks like they tried a different method of cutting and then went back down

11:00pm- Concrete pump truck arrives at the right side of the cryo pipe pit. Time to finally pour it’s lid?

11:05pm- Pump unfolds

12:07pm- First concrete truck is at the pump and the arm folds out towards the far side of the cryo pipe trench. The lid it is.

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Thanks, updated!

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

1:54am- LR11000 disconnected from the y pipe

2:51am- Little crane lifts what appears to be a stand out of the pit

2:57am- What looks like a short piece of pipe is lifted into the pit

3:51am- Stand lowered into the pit

4:00am- LR11000 swings over and lowers it’s hook into the pit

4:39am- Grover lifts more rebar over for the cryo pit lid

4:50am- Another load of rebar is moved over

4:58am- 3rd load of rebar moved. That’s going to be one beefy lid

9:42am- Grover lifts what may be one of the extra deluge plate extensions over to the gap by the new stairs

9:59am- Swung back over to the side and sat down

10:07am- Grover lowers

11:14am- Concrete being cut

11:15am- Grover shows off and swings the extension plate back over to the OLM while lowered.

11:38am- Plate lowered. Lines go slack.

11:40am- Raised back up

11:47am- Lowered back down

11:57am- Picked back up and swung off to the side again

12:53pm- Generator removed from the pit

1:24pm- Basket goes up

1:31pm- LR11000 unhooks from whatever it was attached to (Most likely the Y pipe)

1:33pm- Basket goes down

2:07pm- Grover starts to remove it’s counter weights to move (Maybe to Masseys to lift B10?)

2:13pm- Grover removes more weights

2:18pm- More weights moved over to an SPMT

2:23pm- There goes another

2:24pm- LR11000 takes tension on its lifting straps

2:38pm- LR11000 lifts another deluge pipe. Grover removed 4 more weights

2:41pm- Pipe is raised higher and swung over OLM

2:48pm- Pipe starts lowering

2:58pm- Pipe is sat on the ground and the LR11000 is unhooked

2:59pm- Small crane hooks to the pipe

3:05pm- Pipe is swung over towards the left most manifold. So looks like it’s the left side of the Y. If the piece lifted early this morning was the right side, this should be the last piece to go around the OLM. Now we need the 2 feed pipes from the concrete bunker over.

3:05pm- At the same time, Grover lowers.

3:38pm- Grover drives away

4:43pm- The LR11000 drives away from the OLM

5:35pm- Small crane moves into the area that the LR11000 was sitting

7:34pm- Chopsticks lowered. Indicating all of the big lifts on the right side and behind the OLM are finished

8:04pm- Extension piece (?) lifted back over towards the OLM.

11:00pm- Pretty quiet evening from what we can see. I’m sure the welders are hard at work. I’ll be watching for more rebar to go in the pit to signify that they are done and the pipes are ready to be buried.

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I’m really impressed by how quickly the plate is getting assembled. I didn’t expect the manifolds to get added for another week or so, and now they’re at 2 / 3.

I’m not sure what the bottleneck is at the moment. Once everything is lifted in place they can move B9 over, but they might want to wait until they hit stage adapter is added.

B9 could go through spin prime tests without the plane being ready, and the plate can get tested without all deluge water & gas tanks present. We’re also it sure how far along the other OLM repairs are (cryo pipes are still being replaced). So there’s a ton of stuff happening in parallel.

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

11:56pm- 2nd manifold is lifted off it’s stand (Who needs sleep anyways)

12:12am- Manifold is going up after some weight was added to balance the load

12:14:40am- Starts to swing over

12:18am- Lowering. This should go to the left of the plate installed earlier

12:23am- Trying to get it aligned

12:25am- Starting to bring it in closer to the OLM

12:31am- Lowered a bit more. (Looks like they’re at the 10ft mark where they paused for quite a while earlier. So I’m off to bed)

12:45am- Lowered into place.

1:21am- Raised again

1:50am- B10 turns into Massey’s

2:01am- Manifold is lowered again

2:20am- Manifold go up, Basket go down

2:25am- Manifold goes down

2:36am- Basket goes up

2:59am- Basket goes down

3:35am- Small crane swings what may have been the 3rd manifold into place under the OLM

3:51am- Grover moves a piece of small diameter pipe over to the left side of the OLM where the excavators are working

5:30am- LR11000 is disconnected from the manifold section

8:10am- Day shift off to a slow start

9:25am- White pipe is lifted by a small crane over by the berm. RGV’s pictures show that they might be running a new water line from the current vertical tank over to the OLM.

9:32am- LR11000 lifts the counterweight that was used to keep the last manifold level during the lift

11:04am- Basket goes up

11:21am- Retaining wall goes up where they’ve been excavating

11:24am- Basket goes down

11:36am- 2 workers carry a plastic pipe over to the pit being dug by the long reach excavator (if it’s metal, enter those guys in a body building competition)

11:55am- 2 dump truck loads of gravel dumped on the other side of the excavator

12:00pm- Nic is leaving NSF

12:53pm- Basket goes up

1:06pm- Basket goes down

1:24pm- Grover lifts a couple pieces of metal off of the top of the OLM

1:40pm- LR11000 moves another counterweight away from the OLM

2:11pm- LR11000 lifts another counterweight

2:17pm- Small crane lifts a piece of metal out of the excavation pit

2:53pm- In todays adventure of what’s stuck at Starbase. We have a small bulldozer hanging off the side of a low boy trailer.

2:53:54- Random kid says hi

2:58pm- The excavator wins again. Bulldozer is on the trailer.

3:34pm- Grover moves what looks like a long straight piece of rebar over to the cryo pit area

3:49pm- Grover lifts a triangular piece of metal to the top of the OLM.

4:13pm- Grover lifts another triangular piece of metal to the top of the OLM.

4:30pm- Grover lifts more rebar over for the cryo pit lid

4:50pm- Basket goes up (to the door on the side of the OLM)

5:02pm- Rocket cows hack the stream

5:03pm- Basket goes down

5:37pm- Basket goes up

5:44pm- Basket goes down

6:32pm- LR11000 picks up a deluge pipe

6:51pm- Grover swings out of the way

6:57pm- LR11000 Starts swinging deluge pipe over. Straight pipe with a curve on the end closest to the OLM.

6:59pm- Starts lowering pipe to the back left side OLM

7:47pm- Small crane lifts a short piece of pipe next to the bigger piece the LR11000 lifted over

7:51pm- Short piece swung back away

9:00pm- Looks like some work on the lid for the cryo pipe vault. Some people going in and out of the ring around the OLM. They’re hiding what we really want to see behind the tarps though.

9:15pm- LR11000 moves to pick up Y pipe

9:41pm- Lifting straps connected to the crane

9:56pm- Y pipe lifted

9:58pm- Swung around the OLM

10:06pm- Lowered to just above the OLM

10:08pm- Guide rope got stuck on smaller crane. Had to go back up.

10:09pm- Going back down

10:12pm- Sat on the ground right outside the pit.

10:14pm- Lifted Up slightly and rotated

10:15pm- Lowered into the pit

10:25pm- For those wanting to keep track, In Ryan’s renders, we’ve seen the bottom pipe that goes to the middle manifold and the Y section that goes over it lifted in so far. There should be 2 short pieces next to connect the Y to the other 2 manifolds.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

7:11am- Grover starts to wake up

7:13am- Dance floor drives under OLM

7:22am- Dance floor wings unfolded

7:23am- Grover delivers a cryo pipe over to the doghouse area

7:24am- Dance floor raised into position

7:38am- LR11000 looks like it’s hooked to a manifold

8:23am- Grover delivers another cryo pipe. This time partly up the leg where the cryo pipes run. Looks like they are replacing them through the access holes

9:15am- Lots of concrete being broke up and hauled away by a front end loader

9:39am- The extended reach excavator that had been working in the area where the deluge pipes will go, left.

9:55am- Grover lifts the yellow basket normally used to take down scaffolding to the top of the OLM.

10:33am- Yellow basket brought down

12:00pm- All is quiet on the southern front. Pretty slow day after the last couple.

1:01pm- Grover lifts the yellow basket back up to the OLM

1:31pm- Basket comes down

1:43pm- Basket goes back up

1:46pm- Basket comes back down

1:56pm- Basket goes up

2:02pm- Basket go down

2:07pm- Basket go up

2:15pm- Basket go down

2:30pm- First piece of level 4 for the new mega bay is lifted

2:47pm- Basket go up

2:55pm- Basket go down

3:09pm- Grover lifts a load of something metal up to the top of the OLM

3:25pm- Grover lifts a 2nd load to the top of the OLM

3:42pm- Grover lifts a 3rd load to the top of the OLM

4:07pm- Long reach excavator returns

5:50pm- The LR11000 took tension on the lifting straps that have been connected to the manifold piece all day.

6:24pm- Manifold is lifted

6:25pm- Crane starts swinging towards the OLM

6:29pm- Goes flying over the OLM

6:31pm- Starts lowering

6:34pm- Starts swinging towards bottom of OLM

6:48pm- When looking head on from SBL, it looks like it’s going to the left side of the BQD. So this is the middle manifold. Which based on Ryan’s renders makes sense because the pipe for the far right manifold will run over the pipe for this one

7:06pm- Holding about 10ft above the pad

7:10pm- Starting to tilt the backside down into place

7:30pm- Level it back out and holding around 10ft

7:50pm- Lowered down some more but behind stuff now. Still tension on the straps

7:51pm- B10 starts rolling from the rocket garden

8:16pm- Manifold is raised back up

8:18pm- B10 staged at the end of Remidos

8:21pm- Manifold lowered back down and swung in closer to the pad

8:25pm- Grinding by the doghouse area

8:50pm- Lifting straps on the manifold went slack for a second before they went taunt again. So the plate may be close to/all the way down but the LR11000 still has the weight. If only those tarps weren’t there.

9:00pm- Speaking of the tarps, that area of the plate is where one section of the plugs were. Ryan theorized that they’ll be adding extensions on to these areas… So that might be what’s happening on the other side. We can definitely see some welding going on

9:20pm- 2 small excavators are working on digging a trench for a small pipe

10:27pm- B10 is rolling.

10:33pm- Turns on to hwy 4

10:40pm- They see me rollin, down highway 4, I know they’re all jealous, because I’m off to get all white and frosty. I’m going to get all white and frosty, I’m going to get all white and frosty, wait until you see me all white and frosty, going to look really cold all white and frosty. (Weird Al I am not but Hey it’s been a long day, I’ve got to entertain myself somehow)

11:10pm- 128 wheels tonight. So they added 1 section to each line of SPMT’s after delivering the manifolds.

11:19pm- Time for a break. (Someone read it my version of White and Nerdy and now it refuses to go any further until I delete it)

11:22pm- While we were watching the big shiny thing drive down the road, the LR11000 was unhooked from the manifold section. (It happened at 23:19 on Rover 2)

11:32pm- Straps being hooked to the next manifold piece

11:39pm- B10 is rolling again

11:40pm- Someone didn’t make sure their swing path was clear. Grover swings into one of the cages holding the high pressure gas bottles nearly knocking 2 cages over.

11:47pm- Forklift arrives to move the cages

11:48pm- And just what was Grover doing while this was happening, that’s right,

Basket go down

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The Deluge plates are ready to move to the OLM. Here’s a really nice shot: https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1676965314989539328?s=20

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

8:31am- Mini excavator arrives and starts digging towards the back left side. Start of the pit for the deluge piping to run over to the underground bunker from the OLM?

9:56am- Manifold sections come into view

9:59am- Head on view looks like some crazy new battle tank coming down the road

10:31am- Manifolds arrive at the launch site. Now we just need one of the cranes to disconnect from the plate to lift them. (Just based on position, I’d assume it’ll be the LR11000)

10:49am- Steel plate raised back up

12:46pm- Plate lowered again

12:47pm- 3rd smaller crane comes in and removes a piece of metal

1:06pm- LR11000 looks to be unhooked

1:07pm- Small crane removed another piece of metal.

1:13pm- Another piece of metal removed

1:25pm- Grover is unhooked

1:29pm- Grover swings away and lowers.

1:31pm- A poor telehandler driver learns the dangers of driving in the rain next to a slope

1:38pm- Another piece of metal removed

1:42pm- Mini excavator with a Jack hammer attachment starts working in between the leg with the cryo pipes and the leg with the new staircase

1:50pm- 4th piece of metal removed

1:58pm- 5th piece of metal removed

2:30pm- Front end loader hooked to the stranded telehandler

2:34pm- Flat piece of metal lifted from the cryo pit

2:40pm- Front end loader gave it his all. The telehandler didn’t budge.

2:52pm- Telehandler brings in a load of metal to where the Jack hammer has been working

3:02pm- Lifting rig is starting to be attached to the first manifold section

3:23pm- First manifold lifted off of SPMT’s

3:29pm- Manifold sat down on ground

3:30pm- Smaller crane is hooked up to the stand the manifold was on and it is lifted off to the other side

3:35pm- Smaller crane disconnected from stand

3:43pm- Manifold is being lifted again

3:52pm- Lowered onto the stand it was moved on

3:55pm- Lifting straps being disconnected from the first manifold

3:57pm- A Cat excavator is getting ready to show the stuck telehandler who’s boss

4:08pm- Telehandler is free. They made a mess of that berm though. (Don’t pull uphill at shallow angles)

4:14pm- Telehandler drives away.

4:16pm- Lifting straps being connected to second manifold

4:20pm- Top left box. Manifold is lifted slightly and moved off to the side of the SPMT’s. (Can be seen better on Rover 2)

4:53pm- Second manifold lifted, swung over, and set down on stand

5:05pm- LR11000 unhooked from the second manifold

7:21pm- LR11000 gets hooked up to something. Can’t tell if it’s a manifold for sure.

8:29pm- Cryo pit got too chilly and someone had to start a fire to get warm. (There’s flames but no one is freaking out, so I’m assuming they’re intentional)

8:59pm- Police staging at Sanchez for the next roll out

9:05pm- Roll on to the highway, roll on along, Roll on manifold, to your new home, Roll on sheriff, roll on crew, Roll on SPMT’s like we ask you to do, And roll on 96 wheeler, roll on

9:30pm- Manifold arrives

9:52pm- LR11000 has picked up the section it’s been strapped to and backed towards the OLM

10:02pm- Crane rotates piece

10:08pm- Lowered towards the ground still spinning

10:20pm- Sat down on the ground

10:26pm- Forklift brings the stand over for the manifold piece

10:28pm- Manifold lifted back up

10:33pm- Sat back down on stand

10:41pm- Crane appears to be disconnected and there are multiple people on top of the plate

Rover 1-

9:50am- SPMT’s carrying 2 manifold sections rolls towards launch site

21:06- Second rollout of the day passes by

Rover 2-

10:21am- Manifolds come into view

10:25am- Turns into the gate

16:20- Second manifold lifted

16:37- Small crane lifts stand for second manifold off to the side

16:50- SPMT’s leave launch site

16:54- Manifold swung over to the stand

21:28- Third manifold arrives

(This gets synced)

Too bad RGV completed their flyover like 3 hours before, we’ll need to wait another week.

Awesome shot from below someone under the OLM: https://twitter.com/mktsutherland/status/1676747510931668992

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

5:32pm- Plate starts to be lifted off of the moving jig

5:34pm- SPMT starts rolling out from under OLM

5:36:30m- Plate starts to be lowered

5:40pm- Plate starts to be tilted to horizontal

5:48pm- It’s a little close on one corner. Pulling on those guide ropes a little harder

5:54pm- People are walking on the plate

5:56- Looks like they might be measuring the gaps between the plate and legs. Still tension on the lifting straps

5:59pm- SPMT with moving rig is rolling back to the build site. (So strike that as a possibility for tomorrow’s closure)

6:00pm- Slack on the lifting cables. Officially down

7:56pm- Plate lifted back up a couple of feet

8:02pm- Plate lowered

8:05pm- Plate raised again. Stands placed around edges.

8:39pm- Plate raising even higher

9:08pm- Forklift bringing in even higher stands

(This gets synced)

The big plate is on the transport stand and moving under the OLM as we speak.

That was quick! I thought the concrete would have to set a bit longer before taking such a load but apparently not.

Exciting stuff happening right now (See Starbase Live).

• Launch site movement with the SPMT that transported the steel plate for the water deluge system and the SPMT with the Jig!
• Jig is being moved into position and now a crane is being raised! Things are getting exciting this morning.
• At the same time S28 is getting a payload door.

edit: And here’s the latest RGV Flyover video, which is the flyover from last week. Interesting content, but already heavily out of date.