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SpaceX violated its launch license in Starship test, triggering FAA probe

by ajaviaad on 1/30/21, 9:12 AM with 47 comments

  • by baking on 1/30/21, 2:16 PM

  • by jiofih on 1/30/21, 3:18 PM

    No mention of what was violated or the regulatory requirements, what a pointless article.

  • by JeremyNT on 1/30/21, 3:22 PM

    Original story from the verge referenced by reuters.

    https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/29/22256657/spacex-launch-vi...

  • by GizmoSwan on 1/30/21, 3:43 PM

    The company not being available to respond to those who question them makes for a mystery as to what their objectives were. What were the expected results? Did they expect an explosive landing?

    Was it just an experiment with unpredictable result so they did not want to reveal that to FAA?

    Do they think that they are at par with NASA and that any poor outcome can be waved as national experiment!

    If I had to guess, I would say that it was an open ended experiment where they could not get approval for a launch so they avoided seeking approvals by playing it dumb and now they have the data that they wanted.

    I would be wary of this company because they will experiment with human life believing that they are just another NASA but with even less regulatory boundaries.

  • by anotheryou on 1/30/21, 1:29 PM

    tl;dr: "SpaceX’s refusal to stick to the terms of what the FAA authorized"; no details known.

  • by maxharris on 1/30/21, 9:34 AM

    Why does SpaceX need permission to launch? Why is the FAA concerned about anything other than SpaceX having the clear airspace needed to develop new spacecraft?

    If you want to get really good at something, you have to practice a lot. We need the FAA to get out of the way, or we will be stuck on this planet, with no backup for humanity in the event of an extinction event that affects the whole of Earth.