{"id":82969,"date":"2023-06-21T04:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=82969"},"modified":"2023-06-20T10:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T14:43:32","slug":"was-starships-stage-zero-a-bad-pad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/06\/21\/was-starships-stage-zero-a-bad-pad\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Starship&#8217;s Stage Zero a Bad Pad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2EsqMLT0Hzw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Practical Engineering<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 20 Jun 2023<\/p>\n<p>Launchpads are incredible feats of engineering. Let&#8217;s cover some of the basics!<\/p>\n<p>Unlike NASA, which spends years in planning and engineering, SpaceX uses rapid development cycles and full-scale tests to work toward its eventual goals. They push their hardware to the limit to learn as much as possible, and we get to follow along. They\u2019re betting it will pay off to develop fast instead of carefully. This video compares the Stage 0 launch pad to the historic pad 39A.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbThEa1Q1cU4zNndXbFVLRHprWEUxUnE3YUF5QXxBQ3Jtc0tsdUE5RkdKQlM3dWlzb2xqckxXVWFnZGNNQjRFNl9TbFhwMFpUMUZ4dlhEYk96aWFCdElOdjdpUF8zY243REhESzVvcFEyMzlod3BiWDNpUHFQc19pMlVacUVYQWVpVWwzdFBWRFlDV2NXUWlpcVpqNA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fnebula.tv%2Fvideos%2Fpractical-engineering-was-starships-stage-zero-a-bad-pad%3Fref%3Dpractical-engineering&#038;v=2EsqMLT0Hzw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/videos\/practical-en&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Signed copies of my book (plus other cool stuff) are available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/store.practical.engineering\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/store.practical.engineering\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Practical Engineering is a YouTube channel about infrastructure and the human-made world around us. 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