New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

8:30am- Work continued on the dance floor overnight and I’m beginning to wonder if someone lost the keys to the lifts

11:55am- Lift has been up and down to the top of the staircase

1:22pm- Forklift brings in a sheet of metal. Drops it in front of the lift

5:10pm- Lift was at the top of the stairs and a second lift was up under the right side pipes inspecting

8:45pm- No lifts and no lights on the dance floor

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

8:10am- Small crane was up behind the tower around 3am. Couldn’t see what it was lifting on SBL or Rover 2.

11:20am- No work around the OLM. Concrete is being poured behind the tower.

3:15pm- Nothing

4:15pm- Maybe all of the the workers are over at the fishing tournament at the beach

8:20pm- Lights are on and movement can be seen on the dance floor

9:50pm- Mosquito spraying truck

11:00pm- No lifts have been up all day. Work continues on the dance floor

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

7:20am- LR11000 finished moving over next to the OLT overnight and their was the ever present lift at the top of the staircase

10:45am- Workers have been on top of the OLM. AWP went up to the chopsticks.

3:00pm- Quiet around the OLM

6:40pm- People have been moving around the base of the OLM and the deluge tank farm. No visible work though

9:40pm- Still no lift action but workers could be seen going up the stairs and the lights on the dance floor are on for the first time in several nights.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

6:25am- Workers returning to the pad

7:26:54am- SQD retracts

7:47am- SQD work platform is extended

7:49am- Worker on the SQD arm climbs up to S25’s QD. Installing covers?

7:58am- Work platform is retracted

8:41am- SQD arm swings to the side

8:54:55am- S25 is lifted off of B9

8:56:40am- Swinging to the side

9:04:40am- Going down

9:21:26am- Starts swinging over the stand

9:23:44am- Lowering onto the stand

9:45am- Looks like it’s down

10:32am- Workers back at the pad

11:04am- AWP going up to S26

11:12am- Squid is being disconnected from S26

11:34am- Lift up behind the cryo leg

11:54am- LR11000 swings away from S26

12:40pm- Workers on top of the OLM

1:55pm- AWP goes up to the Hot stage ring. Lifts up to the top of the OLM and behind the cryo leg

2:15pm- LR11000 starts moving towards the OLM for HSR removal most likely

3:30pm- Klaxon, storm warning announcement. Lifts go down

6:34pm- Some workers return to the pad after one heck of a storm. Over on the NSF discord, they said their weather station showed 48mph winds

9:58pm- Workers have been on top of the OLM and the AWP has been back up at the HSR.

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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.

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.

Yes that’s right

RGV Sneak Peek shows some nice shots of the steel plates, as well as the pour under the OLM. Looks like a lot more concrete is needed though, wonder when that’ll happen.

The steel plates look ready for transport, so I bet this next pour will be soon — it seems to be the main hold up.

And being lifted in place as we speak. NSF coverage: https://www.youtube.com/live/mhJRzQsLZGg?feature=share

Thanks for your updates @pigeonberry@lemmy.world. I know our community here is small so I’m glad some of us keep putting in the effort :)

Looks like the Ship Quick-Disconnect is back!

Check out this RGV picture from the plate in the tent from above: https://twitter.com/rgvaerialphotos/status/1674925187437928450?s=46&t=Mj914Aam14loAYQOISZ9zQ

I know Twitter links are kind of impossible to follow right now, but don’t think I can embed an image in a comment. Anyway, that plate is huge, will be interesting to see them lift and transport it.