SpaceX Super Heavy Starship is only waiting for the EPA environmental review to be licensed for its second orbital test flight.
NEWS: The FAA has completed its safety review portion of the SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy license evaluation. Now the environmental review needs to be completed. https://t.co/yQ3Zi15D0f
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Well, if upper stages are a threat to human life, then F&W are culpable for any lives lost in delaying fully reusable Starship
I thought the wait now hinged on the FAA getting feedback from the Federal Wildlife Service, as a WR regarding the new deluge system, which was not fully addressed in the previous PEA and WR?
It does hinge on the FWS review, but I’m not so sure it’s a matter of the FAA waiting on them, as it is of it being an independent authorization.
The bureaucratic state has created multiple veto points for accomplishing anything.