I don’t know how closely you all have been following things in Boca Chica but the Starship 4 / Booster 20 stack has been sitting on the launchpad, waiting for static testing, after which, if all checks out OK it will be ready for it’s first orbital test flight. It COULD happen in a matter of a couple weeks, but.....
It could be a few months or even as late as next summer.
Why, you may ask ?
The Federal Aviation Administration is making SoaceX jump through all sorts of bureaucratic hoops to get it’s launch license. One of the major hoops ? The environmental impact statement from SpaceX concerning how the company is going to effect the environment by it’s launches. The FAA, yes, the FAA is concerned about the Sea Turtle population on South Padre Island.
Trust the CommieCrats to have their priorities in order.
—” Boca Chica but the Starship 4 / Booster 20”
Thank you, interesting.
My interest is FSD (I WANT IT), and Musk leads the pack.
IMO the wind changed when Musk told California to pound sand with their covid rules and the pressure has increased since the joe the jamoke moved in.
On the automotive sites, the anti-teslas had the feel of short-sellers. The tone of conversation seems to have changed, the long knives are out.
Yes subjective, and this article pulls the curtain back, just a bit.
And I have to add...
A relative worked deep in the W Bush campaigns, never said details, but techniques and tactics sometimes.
The Musk attacks fit the lower-level patterns mentioned.