Block 5. The elusive final iteration of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is finally almost here. Although we’ve known quite a bit about what’s going to be new with Block 5, the general public has had a very hard time understanding what, when, why, how, huh’s when it comes to block changes.

Well today, we’re going to try and untangle the confusion of block changes, revealing the history of the Falcon 9 and how its evolved into the fully and rapidly reusable rocket we hope to see with this new ultimate Block 5 Falcon 9.

We’re also going to do a side by side comparison of all versions of the Falcon 9 including Block 5 to show you just how much is changing before SpaceX commits to freezing the Falcon 9 so astronauts can finally ride on top.

And lastly we’re going to explain why SpaceX has been throwing away some of their older Falcon 9’s before they get into this new Block 5 booster.

Other videos mentioned:

Why it took 5 years for the Falcon Heavy to fly -    • Why it took 5  years for the Falcon H...  

Why SpaceX won't propulsively land their Dragon capsule -    • Why SpaceX won't propulsively land th...  

What is a block -    • What is Block 5 of Falcon 9? Why'd Sp...  

Falcon 9 development history -    • What is Block 5 of Falcon 9? Why'd Sp...  

Block 5 vs none Block 5 -    • What is Block 5 of Falcon 9? Why'd Sp...  

Block naming -    • What is Block 5 of Falcon 9? Why'd Sp...  

Block 5 design freeze -    • What is Block 5 of Falcon 9? Why'd Sp...  

Why throw non Block 5's away? -    • What is Block 5 of Falcon 9? Why'd Sp...  

Thanks for the awesome footage of the landed Falcon 9 core by Talia Landman -   • SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster with Max Dama...  

Show your support and join our discord channel and subreddit by becoming Patron -   / everydayastronaut  

Music by Everyday Astronaut -   / everydayastronaut  

Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/

SpaceX models by Oli Braun   / oli_braun   and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/