Tesla Owners Silicon Valley(@teslaownersSV):SpaceX designed Starbase's launch pad with one goal in mind: launch as fast as possible. "We designed this pad to support a launch every 60 minutes indefinitely." The first launch pad wasn't meant to be perfect. It was built quickly so the team could learn. "We didn't know what we were doing because no one had ever done something like this before." After a static fire, a massive chain inside the tower's chopstick system failed. The team diagnosed the problem, sourced replacement parts from Cape Canaveral, flew them overnight, rebuilt the system, and had the pad back in service in about 36 hours. That's the SpaceX philosophy: build, test, break, fix, improve, and keep moving.

Tesla Owners Silicon Valley@teslaownersSV

2026.07.16 22:42

SpaceX designed Starbase's launch pad with one goal in mind: launch as fast as possible. "We designed this pad to support a launch every 60 minutes indefinitely." The first launch pad wasn't meant to be perfect. It was built quickly so the team could learn. "We didn't know what we were doing because no one had ever done something like this before." After a static fire, a massive chain inside the tower's chopstick system failed. The team diagnosed the problem, sourced replacement parts from Cape Canaveral, flew them overnight, rebuilt the system, and had the pad back in service in about 36 hours. That's the SpaceX philosophy: build, test, break, fix, improve, and keep moving.