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

Post by Schiendelman » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 4:52 PM UTC

icegreentea2 wrote: post #6

Schiendelman wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We know the FAA's existing approval system is terrible, and they've developed a new streamlined set of launch approvals - development is complete but the rollout is delayed until later this year. I think it's safe to assume that the regulatory body that's openly struggling to keep up is the party at fault until shown otherwise.

I think it's safer to assume nothing. There's literally no information available. But if we were going to guess... Let's use some logic. If the investigation was specifically triggered by SN8, then it's likely related to altitude/trajectory or landing. It's probably not altitude/trajectory since that seems like such a brain-dead thing to clear before hand. So it's probably the explosion-landing. Btw: this is SpaceX's…