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Starship’s second flight test

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Re: Starship’s second flight test

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Post by anonymousiam »

pavon wrote: post #9
peyton wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t think the Fish & Wildlife Service approves spacecraft launches. They just need to amend their opinion within 135 days AFAIK.

The FAA won't issue a launch license until the environmental review of the last launch is complete, part of which is performed by the Fish & Wildlife Service.

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Post by cryptoz »

I can’t wait for the time when Starship is proven and launching frequently - though there is a lot to be said about the excitement of right now, when it hasn’t yet had a successful launch.

Really got my fingers crossed for a true rapid drop in cost to launch mass to orbit.

Re: Starship’s second flight test

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Post by iandanforth »

jiggawatts wrote: post #7

Did Fisheries and Wildlife finally figure out the areal density of whales in the ocean for impact probability estimation? https://youtu.be/JN3KPFbWCy8?t=4742

I recommend the above link because it gets even weirder than you might surmise from the parent's comment.

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Post by modeless »

If Starship meets its reusability goals it's going to be absolutely nuts. Flying to orbit and back multiple times in a day like an airliner or something, carrying more than the entire habitable volume of ISS every time. It's impossible to overstate how much that would change access to space, and how much of an advantage it would give SpaceX over its competitors (even other nations).

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Post by rkagerer »

iandanforth wrote: post #13
jiggawatts wrote: post #7

Did Fisheries and Wildlife finally figure out the areal density of whales in the ocean for impact probability estimation? https://youtu.be/JN3KPFbWCy8?t=4742

I recommend the above link because it gets even weirder than you might surmise from the parent's comment.

Seconded, definitely need to watch or listen to a few minutes of that link.

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Post by jiggawatts »

rkagerer wrote: post #17
iandanforth wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recommend the above link because it gets even weirder than you might surmise from the parent's comment.

Seconded, definitely need to watch or listen to a few minutes of that link.

I loved the bit where Fisheries and Wildlife refused to provide the shark density information because they didn't trust their own department with it!

Apparently SpaceX must wait patiently to take humanity to the stars because sharkfin poachers have infiltrated spies into a wildly unrelated government agency.

I feel like SpaceX should just launch the damned rocket and then if anyone from the government takes issue just demand a public explanation. As in, literally, get the busybody bureaucrat from Fisheries and Wildlife to stand up behind a podium and explain themselves on live, national television.

"Err... you see, Mr Musk was clearly in the wrong here because... umm... we couldn't... umm... share information internally to complete the appropriate paperwork, so... umm..."

It would be glorious.

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Post by [deleted] »

pavon wrote: post #9
peyton wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t think the Fish & Wildlife Service approves spacecraft launches. They just need to amend their opinion within 135 days AFAIK.

The FAA won't issue a launch license until the environmental review of the last launch is complete, part of which is performed by the Fish & Wildlife Service.

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