They just keep testing, fixing issues, and moving forward.
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As far as local environmental wackos, the EPA, and the FAA will allow them Which, if they all had their druthers, would be never.
Next flight will be late Nov, pending FAA license and Musk’s lawsuit against the FAA.
If you are talking about Starship, the date has moved up. They seem confident they will launch this Sunday 10/13 (my birthday!). Hope FAA comes through.
Since Bezos is a leftie whacko Blue Origin is probably totally DEI. DEI seems to work okay in Amazon’s warehouses but a bunch of DEI goofballs don’t have the skill and intelligence to launch a rocket.
I thought there was one more topic, regarding the ESA's demanding the FAA lift the restrictions on SpaceX, but couldn't find it. The search engine result notes " On October 6, 2024, the FAA granted an exception to allow SpaceX to launch the ESA's Hera asteroid mission on a Falcon 9 rocket."
Right now, I don’t think the enviro-wackos and the EPA matter all that much. But the FAA...
I think the FAA is going to do all it can to help Blue Origin do whatever it takes to get ahead. Why? Bezos is an uber-Liberal who supports Biden AND Commie-La.
And Musk? Look for the FAA to slow-walk and hinder SpaceX as much as they can, lawsuit notwithstanding.
On a side note: My uber-lib sister and her husband are big-time space geeks, just like me. It used to be that she’d message or email me whenever SpaceXdid something successful.
However, since Musk announced he was a Republican and supports Trump, its like overnight he became Public Eneny #2.
You can guess who Public Enemy #1 is.
Next flight is TOMORROW MORNING! Musk or someone put enough pressure on the agencies to push through his launch license.