CRAZY DECISION! Why the FAA Is BLOCKING SpaceX Starship Orbital Launch!

Why The FAA Is Blocking SpaceX Starship Orbital Launch
Near Boca Chica Village in South Texas, SpaceX's first orbital starship SN20 was supposed to be set over its massive Super Heavy Booster 4 for the first time on Aug 6, 2021, at the company's Starbase facility. SpaceX's Starship program, which vaunts the world's tallest and most powerful rocket, will eventually put people and cargo on Mars. The latest prototype, SN20, is waiting for the chance to go into orbit. Several other prototypes have made flights, ground tests, and sometimes even testing mistakes in the effort to improve future flights.
But to operate the Starship/Super Heavy launch vehicle, SpaceX must get experimental permission and a vehicle operator license from the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has blocked SpaceX starship orbital launch for safety issues, as I will explain next.
In this video, we are going to discourse the FAA decision about blocking the SpaceX starship orbital launch and what caused this decision. Without further ado, let’s dive right into it!
It all started when SpaceX was building the massive tower for its starship launch.
The FAA's policies to put standards for authorized Transportation to oversee, license, and regulate commercial launch and reentry activities, and the operation of launch and reentry sites within the United States.
And in its draft environmental review of SpaceX's Starship operations in South Texas.
The FAA sent a letter on May 6, to SpaceX about four months ago, asserting that the launch tower does not have government approval. It’s likely an environmental review from the FAA could result in the organization recommending that Musk disassemble the tower that is presently being built, according to CNBC reports, the letter said " changes would have to be made at the launch site, including to the integration towers to mitigate significant impacts,", adding the FAA learned of the tower's construction "based on publicly available video footage."
The report itself does not decide whether the FAA ought to permit Starship orbital dispatches but instead assesses the environmental impacts of launch activities and whether and how they can be neglected. The report might lead the FAA to look for what it calls a “more intensive”.
Whereas most of the investigations around launch debris, road closures, and other exercises come under "no notable impacts," a faltering block came under "biological resources" and determined the proposed action would adversely affect species listed under and critical habitat designated under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).
An FAA spokesman said that the agency's environmental review proceeding of SpaceX’s proposed rocket.
The FAA also noted it was dependent on discussion with other agencies, such as the US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service, concerning endangered species or "species of concern."
The next step will be to get input from the public before the FAA can finalize its assessment, with licenses for Starship and Super Heavy orbital launches hopefully following. After all, it would be unfortunate if the impressive Starship and Super Heavy stack remained mere Texas ornamentation.

Once the public comment period closes, the FAA will incorporate those comments and other work into a final version of the environmental assessment. The FAA will then make a “record of decision” about whether the proposal would have significant environmental impacts. Only when that is done would it complete the licensing process for Starship/Super Heavy orbital launches.

Back in January, the FAA discovered that SpaceX’s first high-altitude Starship test also breaks the company’s test license.
In April, the FAA signed off on SpaceX’s next three Starship test launches, marking a major shift as the organization had previously approved one test at a time. The decision came shortly after the SpaceX-NASA deal.

SpaceX had aimed to launch Starship on an unscrewed round-the-world test flight but is waiting on FAA approval before proceeding. Musk has expressed frustration with FAA regulations in the past.

SpaceX has cited the environmental review as one of the key milestones that must be passed to start orbital Starship flights, with CEO and founder Elon Musk saying in August.
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