A rocket that dwarfs the Statue of Liberty by nearly 100 feet stands stacked and ready along the southern tip of Texas.
This will mark SpaceX’s first launch from Texas since the of Starship Number 15 in May 2021. That test saw the successful launch and landing of the Starship spacecraft.
“To date, we’ve had more than 530 FAA-licensed activities, none of which have resulted in a fatality, injury or significant damage to public property,” the official said.As is the case of any rocket launching for the first time, not everything may go according to plan, as many saw on Monday's attempt.
Starship itself won’t reach orbit , but will instead splash down off the coast of Hawaii about an hour and a half after leaving Texas. Again, if everything goes according to plan. If something were to happen that causes human injury or death or significant public property damage, the National Transportation Safety Board would take lead on the investigation. The two agencies The launch license for this test flight of Starship requires SpaceX to have $48 million in liability insurance “for covered claims resulting from pre-flight ground operations” and $500 million “for covered claims resulting from the flight of the Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle.
“SpaceX has done a lot of tinkering along the way, I will say, and as a result of that, the application has undergone multiple changes,” the FAA official said. “And so, each time the application changes, we don’t have to do a complete restart, but we have to take a fresh look at different things in accordance to the regulations to ensure that we’re not missing anything.”
Additionally, as part of the initial PEA, SpaceX was required to complete more than 75 actions “to mitigate environmental impacts of launching Starship.” The FAA official stated that some were completed prior to launch and some will be completed post-launch with others marked as “ongoing.”
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