Slightly relevant video: https://youtu.be/gNFyLGlR-0w
FAA warns Musk that he is building Super Heavy launch tower without permission
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Re: FAA warns Musk that he is building Super Heavy launch tower without permission
#62Anybody else get flashbacks to Manifold: Time? Eccentric entrepreneur building awesome rockets in the desert while the government tries to prevent him from launching?
Govt in not preventing him here tho. SpaceX is an active partner of Nasa.
Re: FAA warns Musk that he is building Super Heavy launch tower without permission
#63Why is the headline editorialized to include Elon's name? Reuter's title reads 'U.S. warns SpaceX its new Texas launch site tower not yet approved'.
I heard years ago that titles are heavily A/B tested.
I.e. the title you see might not be the one the poster saw.
Re: FAA warns Musk that he is building Super Heavy launch tower without permission
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
How much testing can you do with a launch tower without actually launching anything? Surely any launch would have to be cleared by the FAA right? (I could totally be wrong and there's good reasons to build this, but my initial assumption is that the only real reason to build a launch tower would be to launch stuff with it)
Technically the tower may not be used for launches; it's only used for putting the stack on the launch pad. During the launch itself the stack may not be touching the tower at all.
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Re: FAA warns Musk that he is building Super Heavy launch tower without permission
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
What requires them to get approval from the FAA for something outside the FAA's jurisdiction?
The FAA claims jurisdiction worldwide. Did you not see the case where Musk launched from India because he could not get reasonable US approval and they pitched a fit?
I recall that but I don’t think that was SpaceX. Some other satellite firm.
Re: FAA warns Musk that he is building Super Heavy launch tower without permission
#66The title is a bit FUD, SpaceX already received permission to build the tower from the FAA.
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action...
There's the document.
Re: FAA warns Musk that he is building Super Heavy launch tower without permission
#67“Fine, I’ll take my knowledge and business to China” “Okay, okay we’re sorry, Mr. Musk”
FAA already granted permission to SpaceX to build the tower.
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action...
Re: FAA warns Musk that he is building Super Heavy launch tower without permission
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FAA already granted permission to SpaceX to build the tower.
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action...
Title is completely misleading.
Re: FAA warns Musk that he is building Super Heavy launch tower without permission
#69Seems like much ado about nothing unless SpaceX is outright lying: > SpaceX told the FAA in May that it did not believe the review was necessary because it only intends to use the "integration tower for production, research, and development purposes and not for FAA-licensed or -permitted launches," the FAA said. Does the FAA have jurisdiction over this tower if they're not actually using it for launches?
FAA already granted permission to SpaceX to build the tower several months ago.
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action...
Title is completely misleading.
Re: FAA warns Musk that he is building Super Heavy launch tower without permission
#70Why is the headline editorialized to include Elon's name? Reuter's title reads 'U.S. warns SpaceX its new Texas launch site tower not yet approved'.
It's even editorialized to be false given that FAA granted permission to build the tower.
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action...