Elon Musk is anxious to send Starship up a second time.
. But Starship, against a backdrop of tremendously high expectations for the impact that Starship will have on humanity, only has one flight under its belt:The launch, which Musk hailed as a success despite its fiery conclusion, set off a routine, months-long investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration whose goal was to determine what, exactly, went wrong., saying that SpaceX will need to take 63 corrective actions before it will be cleared for that second test flight.
Despite the current lack of a regulatory go-ahead, SpaceX decided to prep Starship on the launchpad. In a video shared Oct. 24 on the social media platform X, SpaceX said that Starship and Super Heavy were"loaded with more than 10 million pounds of propellant" in a"flight-like rehearsal ahead of launch."
Starship and Super Heavy were loaded with more than 10 million pounds of propellant today in a flight-like rehearsal ahead of launchA spokesperson for the FAA told TheStreet that there are no updates in the agency's Starship review. It remains unclear when Starship will be granted a green light.that, so long as the engines light during Starship's eventual second test flight, he's confident it will reach orbit.
“The FAA has neither the resources nor the flexibility to implement its regulatory obligations,” SpaceX Vice President of Build and Flight Reliability Bill Gerstenmaier said during his testimony. The FAA, in an effort to keep pace with industry demand, said in a statement that it is working"diligently to attract, hire and retain additional staff."
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