NASA Officially Announced NEW Starship Launch 5 Scheduled, But FAA License...

NASA Officially Announced NEW Starship Launch 5 Scheduled, But FAA License...
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0:00-0:34: Intro
0:35-3:10: New launch date
3:11-7:05: SpaceX prepares
7:06-9:50: NASA's opinion
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NASA Officially Announced NEW Starship Launch 5 Scheduled, But FAA License...
A recent surprising piece of information seems to have revealed the most accurate schedule for the upcoming Starship launch! And interestingly, it didn’t come from SpaceX or the FAA, but from NASA. Is NASA trustworthy? Surely, many people will ask this question. However, it must be remembered that NASA is SpaceX's largest customer, and their major projects depend heavily on Starship. NASA is the organization that should feel the urgency and strongly push for this launch. Therefore, there is no reason for them to provide unfounded information; it’s clear that they have received newly disclosed news from the FAA as well as SpaceX that has not yet been made public.
NASA Officially Announced NEW Starship Launch 5 Scheduled, But FAA License...
On the morning of August 30, during an online meeting, NASA official Cathy Koerner said that the Starship test flight 5 is expected "later this fall."
In fact, the first day of fall is September 22, which also means that the Starship 5 test flight will not occur before September 22, 2024.
This will result in a much longer interval between the fourth and fifth launches compared to the previously improved intervals. Specifically, if the fifth launch takes place in the latter half of September, SpaceX will take nearly five months from early June, when the fourth Starship launch occurred.
Frankly speaking, taking such a long time is partly due to delays in the FAA's licensing process.
NASA Officially Announced NEW Starship Launch 5 Scheduled, But FAA License...
In early August, SpaceX announced on X that Starship and Super Heavy were ready to fly, pending regulatory approval.
It's unclear why this agency is taking so long. With previous approvals, I thought the relationship between SpaceX and the FAA had improved, but it appears that improvement is not very significant.
Recent incidents have caused me great concern.
For instance, the explosion of the Falcon 9 rocket booster was quite notable. Clearly, with other space companies, losing a booster or having it explode in the air or in space is a common occurrence, but why does the FAA conduct an investigation when a Falcon 9's booster explodes? Honestly, that issue doesn't seem sufficient to warrant FAA involvement; or is it just an excuse for the government agency to control SpaceX?
Although by August 31, Falcon 9 had resumed launches, just two days after the explosion, the FAA’s action was truly inappropriate.

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[merrillalbury]

Problem is that SpaceX is not part of the Washington in crowd. Elon does not play the "support the administration" game.

[Sillytree]

Click bait yet again. No official announcement. Nothing new.

[alanhart]

If SpaceX can master fuel transfer, there is no place Starship can’t go.

[kevinbissett]

I agree with everything you are saying. Keep telling the Truth. The establishment seems to have a hard on for SpaceX. It's obvious. Have a Great Day.

[randywise]

It's political. The powers that be do not like Musk.

[ttturner]

Should Musk Make Mexico the biggest Space Exploration Country? There is no doubt that Musk stance on Free Speech is unpopular with the Bureaucracy.

[nealmacdonald]

Rapid iteration does not make SpaceX wrong because others don't build and test like them Car companies test cars to destruction against flat walls.

[tylerscofield]

Boeing has a shuttle stuck in space and they dnt ground them yet space X uses the bathroom and they have to have a complete colonoscopy.

[dennisweifenbach]

Trump, in addition to many other things, needs to get rid of many levels of the senior management at NASA, and the FAA. Enough is enough of the jealously they have towards SPACEX.

[nelsonlanglois]

The delays are due to SpaceX ' remodeling / up grading of the Launch Tower & Chop Sticks as well...
SpaceX wants to be Sure they've covered all the possible details...!!

[nealmacdonald]

I don't think Wilbur Wright or his brother would care to have an F.A.A around if they were still alive

[cdw]

FAA has been paid by Bezos to delay SpaceX giving him some time to catch up😂😅

[johnfrancis]

Irritating THERE IS NO DATE FOR THE LAUNCH.

[thebeacheslife]

Just like NASA never a straight answer

[cosmicyeti]

You could get 1 million subscribers if you stop the click-bait!

[KymClarke-feqz]

SpaceX's approach in development makes it so easy to determine faults and errors when things go wrong! As does happen. But the authorities have a problem in that SpaceX is on schedule for their development of space services. But NASA is having to explain Boeing's failures, inefficiencies and not being able to keep to a schedule. So no doubt NASA is taking the one hurdle at a time approach. Two events on the horizon have them worried, Polaris Dawn, a private venture that will feature a new space walk suit! Next is Starliner, they're worried about the what if scenario? SpaceX is not worried, the longer the authorities take the more tweaks can be made, and the delay actually works against NASA as more focus is placed on Boeing! But I would not be surprised if its not just about politics!

[DanOKC]

Isn't the FAA a subdivision of Boeing?

[Workingcinderellaman-jwpf]

To me, it looks like the FAA is doing Jeff Bezos dirty work. I don't know if there's something going on behind the scenes or that the FAA is just trying to make Jeffy happy, but I think the complaint that Blue Origin filed a few months ago may have something to do with the way the FAA is handling the fifth launch of Starship.

[djohannsson]

If this was another IFT-4 equivalent flight, the launch would have already been approved. But the Tower catch is delaying things and it may not just be the FAA. I think Space X wants this to be as high a probability of success as possible. That's what happens when something new, high visibility, with major consequences is being tried. Damage to the catch arm or the booster during the catch will affect future launches and reusability.

[Peroniclese]

Did Elon think about Starship launching from Mars or the Moon for the trip home, considering the lack of a launch pad or stable surface and considering the amount of damage Starship made even WITH a launchpad? Sounds like a real headache.