Elon Musk's SpaceX explosion should bring oversight, not halt to spaceflight (Editorial)
, as was the case recently when the world’s most powerful rocket blew up over the Gulf of Mexico four minutes after liftoff.
Super Heavy rocket developed by SpaceX apparently needed only to clear the launch pad in Boca Chica to pass with flying colors, at leastimages of the collateral damage The outcome of the legal challenge could result in the courts forcing FAA to go back to the drawing board and conduct a full environmental impact statement review, which can take years to complete, potentially jeopardizing not only SpaceX’s ability to launch humans into space, but also NASA’s long-term mission of charting a path back to the moon and, eventually, to Mars.
The launch site in Boca Chica abuts the Lower Rio Grande National Wildlife Refuge, a natural haven where endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles spawn and hundreds of species of rare shorebirds flock to nest and forage for food. It's not uncommon forscattered across the refuge after one of SpaceX's rocket tests.
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