Comments by "ke6gwf - Ben Blackburn" (@ke6gwf) on "Where Does SpaceX Get Their Rocket Fuel?" video.

  1. You make a decent video on the subject, but please research the technical aspects a little bit more before acting like an expert while giving very bad information. For instance, the Sabatier process takes water, and co2, and creates oxygen and methane. That is the way they plan to get methane on Mars, because the methane in the atmosphere is too low a concentration to easily extract, but co2 is abundant, and water is accessible. It's also how they plan to produce the Starship fuel on the earth, again using water and atmospheric co2 and electricity to produce methane and oxygen (the oxygen comes from the water and the co2, and the hydrogen from the water combines with the carbon from the co2 to form methane) In addition, the crane by the well site was just being assembled there, and long ago was transported to the launch site where it is being used. It was never intended for use at the wells, they just needed a large open area to assemble it. So long term, SpaceX won't be using natural gas, and the method where you get oxygen from water is called electrolysis, while the diagram you showed on the screen was producing methane and oxygen,.
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  2. You make a decent video on the subject, but please research the technical aspects a little bit more before acting like an expert while giving very bad information. For instance, the Sabatier process takes water, and co2, and creates oxygen and methane. That is the way they plan to get methane on Mars, because the methane in the atmosphere is too low a concentration to easily extract, but co2 is abundant, and water is accessible. It's also how they plan to produce the Starship fuel on the earth, again using water and atmospheric co2 and electricity to produce methane and oxygen (the oxygen comes from the water and the co2, and the hydrogen from the water combines with the carbon from the co2 to form methane) In addition, the crane by the well site was just being assembled there, and long ago was transported to the launch site where it is being used. It was never intended for use at the wells, they just needed a large open area to assemble it. So long term, SpaceX won't be using natural gas, and the method where you get oxygen from water is called electrolysis, while the diagram you showed on the screen was producing methane and oxygen,.
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