YouTuber MrBeast recently visited SpaceX’s Starship factory as part of his latest video, ‘$1 vs $1,000,000,000 Futuristic Tech!,’ where he explored some of the most fascinating technology on the planet. During the visit, he tested a heat shield tile with a rocket-shaped blowtorch and installed one on a Starship, leaving his signature, “MB, MrBeast,” on the tile.
The heat shield tiles are critical for protecting Starships from temperatures exceeding 2,000 degrees during reentry. In a dramatic demonstration, his friend Karl Thomas Jacobs applied the flame of a Starship-shaped blowtorch to the tile while MrBeast held it in his hand, illustrating the extreme durability and precision engineering behind the spacecraft.
After the test, MrBeast carefully installed a tile onto the Starship under engineer supervision. Once in place, each tile cannot be moved without destruction, making his successful installation a unique, hands-on contribution to the rocket. The Vice President of Starship explained that each Starship requires roughly 18,000 tiles to survive the intense heat of returning from space and that the rockets are fully reusable, paving the way for repeated missions to the Moon and Mars.
The video also highlighted other cutting-edge technology. MrBeast visited the Arizona Biosphere, a fully sealed environment that simulates life on Mars, and explored lab-grown meat from Upside Foods, demonstrating how sustainable food sources could support astronauts on long-term missions. His journey included colossal cloning technology, showing how futuristic innovations are shaping the future of science and human exploration.
At the Starship factory, MrBeast observed the scale of production, where raw materials enter at one end of the massive building and fully assembled rockets exit at the other. Hundreds of Starships are built simultaneously, each capable of carrying up to 100 passengers, illustrating SpaceX’s plan to make humanity a multi-planetary species.
By testing and installing a heat shield tile, MrBeast not only showcased the advanced engineering behind Starship but also gave viewers a firsthand look at the technology that could enable humans to live on the Moon and Mars. His video combines science, engineering, and entertainment to highlight how futuristic technology is preparing us for life beyond Earth.