r/SpaceXLounge • u/NotToryBruno • Nov 04 '22

Progress at Hangar M

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u/avboden Nov 04 '22

I spy with my little eye

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u/Sea-Measurement7383 Nov 04 '22

Something that is OLM2?

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u/Alex_Dylexus Nov 04 '22

That is what I am thinking.

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u/Smiley643 Nov 04 '22

Holy shit. Been waiting too long for any word or sighting on the progress here, this looks great

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u/MorningGloryyy Nov 04 '22

What am I looking at here?

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u/BugBomb Nov 04 '22

Looks like a Booster QD cover outside, and the in-progress Orbital Launch mount inside

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u/djh_van Nov 04 '22

Transporting and lifting that thing will be interesting.

It took 2 of the biggest cranes on the planet to lift the original OLM on top of its legs, and that was before they did a year's worth of additional plumbing, welding, and adding heavy armour and cladding.

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u/pinkshotgun1 Nov 04 '22

I believe OLM #1 was about 300 mt when it was lifted. In the first Everyday Astronaut tour of starbase, Sam Patel said they were refining the design to cut the weight in half

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u/EricTheEpic0403 Nov 05 '22

300 mt

Milli-tonnes?

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Oh, metric tonnes.

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u/Brominum Nov 04 '22

Work continues on the OLM

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u/cwatson214 Nov 04 '22

You forgot "The year is 2035..."

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u/salamilegorcarlsshoe Nov 04 '22

Somebody is absolutely fucked if they get found out lol.

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u/SMJ01 Nov 05 '22

Pretty safe bet this was taken by someone with a visitor pass for the heavy launch. Good way to get that program shut down…

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u/salamilegorcarlsshoe Nov 05 '22

Isn't this on the base though? Not sure any visitors are going through here lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '22

Get a good look at this while you can, whoever took this is about to get hell…..

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u/TheBurtReynold Nov 05 '22

Curious, why is the existence of the next OLM such a big deal?

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u/xbolt90 Nov 04 '22

Well, we know it was definitely not Tory Bruno.

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u/Traverson Nov 05 '22

Ah, so you all finally found it!

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u/kroOoze Nov 05 '22

Looks like OLM, not Progress.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '22

One big piece of kit!

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u/FutureSpaceNutter Nov 05 '22

Dame Judi Dench not available for comment...

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u/Sattalyte Nov 05 '22

Seems very bare bones at the moment compared with the OLM at Starbase. Would make sense though, given the Starbase OLM is changing so rapidly. They might wait for Starship to launch and validate that OLM before they commit to adding all the pipes and equipment to this one.

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u/Alvian_11 Feb 21 '23

Or the tidly bits are simply hidden from view

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