so the FAA knows more about Starship than SpaceX ?
So the FAA knows more about the 737-MAX than Boeing?
Of course not. FAA knows diddly squat about how to make Starship work. They are experts in how to keep Starship from working.
>so the FAA knows more about Starship than SpaceX ?<
An old industry joke....not really:
An FAA fed is a disgruntled pilot who couldn’t get a real job in aviation.
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I SEEM TO REMEMBER THE CHALLENGER EXPLODING
NASA never had any failures, nope uh uh. Maybe the FAA should have grounded the Challenger.
Probably that well known nuclear scientist, Pete Buttegeig making the call.
The 63 item checklist is generated by Spacex. FAA doesn’t do that. They will review the paper submission as to whether the items are resolved.