STARBASE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — This week at Starbase, SpaceX crews get to work dismantling the Pad 1 launch mount at the launch site.

Pad 2's chopsticks and booster quick disconnects are put through a battery of tests, the rise of cranes continues as Gigabays construction shifts into overdrive, and SpaceX releases an update on their Starship human landing system that will deliver astronauts to the moon.

Demolition work began on the Pad 1 launch mount, with workers cutting out the propellant lines that run around the base of the structure.

The rest of the launch structure has been marked in green paint, divided into segments that can be cut and lifted out one at a time.

Looking at the construction back at the build site, work on Gigabay is well underway with banks of ground-level col

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