FAA pushes starship launch to late november

[Anonymous No.16372541]

>We recently received a launch license date estimate of late November from the FAA, the government agency responsible for licensing Starship flight tests. This is a more than two-month delay to the previously communicated date of mid-September. This delay was not based on a new safety concern, but instead driven by superfluous environmental analysis. The four open environmental issues are illustrative of the difficulties launch companies face in the current regulatory environment for launch and reentry licensing.
https://www.spacex.com/updates/#starships-fly

[Anonymous No.16372580]

We are going to lose access to the Universe because of these midwits.

[Anonymous No.16372589]

Are you proud of me? Cause I'm proud of you. I may be smart but you're still good. I respect you as a good mind, and it was hard to choose those words.

[Anonymous No.16372590]

>>16372541
Enemies of Mankind, hope they get the punishment they deserve someday.

[Anonymous No.16372607]

Think 90% of the reason why Musk has been cozying up with Trump is in hopes as President he can make this shit go away.

[Anonymous No.16372659]

>>16372541
They are not ready anyways, did you see how the launch pad shakes everytime they use the chopsticks? That shit is falling if they catch the SH

[Anonymous No.16372687]

> On Starship’s fourth flight, the top of the Super Heavy booster, commonly known as the hot-stage, was jettisoned to splash down on its own in the Gulf of Mexico. The hot-stage plays an important part in protecting the booster during separation from Starship’s upper stage before detaching during the booster’s return flight. This operation was analyzed thoroughly ahead of Starship’s fourth flight, specifically focused on any potential impact to protected marine species. Given the distribution of marine animals in the specific landing area and comparatively small size of the hot-stage, the probability of a direct impact is essentially zero. This is something previously determined as standard practice by the FAA and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the launch industry at large, which disposes of rocket stages and other hardware in the ocean on every single launch, except of course, for our own Falcon rockets which land and are reused. The only proposed modification for Starship’s fifth flight is a marginal change in the splashdown location of the hot-stage which produces no increase in likelihood for impacting marine life. Despite this, the FAA leadership approved a 60-day consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service. Furthermore, the mechanics of these types of consultations outline that any new questions raised during that time can reset the 60-day counter, over and over again. This single issue, which was already exhaustively analyzed, could indefinitely delay launch without addressing any plausible impact to the environment.

[Anonymous No.16372772]

>>16372687
>bro just one more seal
>come on just let me test rocket sounds one more time
>last time I swear
>its an environmental concern
>plz bro just strap this seal to a wooden plank and blast explosions into its ears

[Anonymous No.16373398]

>>16372541
What's stopping SpaceX from launching anyways?
Seriously, what's stopping them?

[Anonymous No.16373404]

DARKNESS
IMPRISONING ME
ALL THAT I SEE
ABSOLUTE ORBIT

[Anonymous No.16373406]

>>16373398
the legitimate thread of getting nationalized

[Anonymous No.16373408]

>>16373398
world police (USA)

[Anonymous No.16373489]

>>16372541
>launch a spaceship that's got a track record of exploding more than successful flights
>adjacent to a national wildlife refuge
>surprised when feds complain

[Artemis3 No.16373492]

>>16372687
>The only proposed modification for Starship’s fifth flight is a marginal change in the splashdown location of the hot-stage
So...no Mechazilla snatch in the works, I take it?

[Anonymous No.16373506]

>>16373492
Since the SH is coming closer to shore to land on the chop sticks the HSR will splash down someplace different than usual.

[Anonymous No.16373561]

>>16372541
>but instead driven by superfluous environmental analysis.
it was moved so it would be after the election

[Anonymous No.16373718]

>>16373561

[Artemis3 No.16373733]

>>16373506
Gotcha.

[Anonymous No.16373824]

>>16373398
Something about flamethrowers being not enough to avoid being arrested.

[Anonymous No.16374111]

>>16372687
thats totally bullshit

[Anonymous No.16374573]

>>16372659
So what? It would be kino. Let them try.

[Anonymous No.16374579]

>>16373561
It's obstructionism because he's not supporting the current regime. If he sucked Kamala's balls, the license would have been rubber stamped weeks ago.

[Anonymous No.16375379]

>>16373561
just goes to show how environmentalism never has anything to do with science or the environment and is always exclusively used as a tool to justify political manipulation

[Anonymous No.16376955]

>>16375379
everything is political to the left and that always comes first. ideology before reality for those retards.

[Anonymous No.16376981]

>>16372541
Starship is a trash design

[Anonymous No.16376995]

>>16376981
let's see your rocket then buddy. hows the testing coming on?

[Anonymous No.16377419]

>>16372580
>We are going to lose access to the Universe because of these midwits.
It's pure politics: Hurt Spacex progress because CEO is voting for Orange Man Bad.

[Anonymous No.16377421]

>>16372580
It's just a two months delay, it's not the end of the world

[Anonymous No.16378435]

>>16377421
maybe....but since this is just some politically inspired bullshit delay it signals that it might be the start of a long line of similarly worthless delays. hopefully not.