The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday approved a final environmental assessment of the proposed spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket program in Boca Chica, Texas after requiring more than 75 conditions.
The FAA published a finding of "No Significant Impact" but is placing some limitations on launches and requiring steps to limit environmental impacts, the agency said, clearing a hurdle to the program.
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FAA is doing an amazing job keeping a mature transportation system incredibly safe. However, partially because of FAA’s prescriptive regulations. nothing much changes in that industry. Aircraft designs are so similar that most passengers probably don’t know the make or model of the aircraft they are flying. This is an industry testing disruptive technologies and new business models. There is no “dominant design” to lock in and define with detailed prescriptive rules. Doing that would cripple innovation and be more dangerous in the long run than allowing the current level of experimentation.
That starship will be the moonlander for NASA's mission, starship has already been contracted for the moonmission. Remind me, how many oil refineries are there in Texas? If you can't have a new rocket factory and launch facility in Texas, then where?