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At this point I expect the FAA to **** the Starship development program. SpaceX likely already knows the problem and could probably launch SN10 this week. Instead, I'm guessing launch operations will be halted for 6 months. Sounds to me like the FAA did expect SpaceX to guarantee a safe landing and that is how they "exceeded" they're launch parameters prior. Ugh.
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No idea about early testing though. Wasn't that carried out in McGregor, Texas?
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I believe (but this is many years ago so my memory may be faulty) that they never had land based crashes. Grasshopper had abort explosions mid-air, but never actually crashed. Falcon 9 never actually crashed over land, but crashed many times into the ocean or on a barge.
I'm assuming they would have deferred to NASA in those instances, and NASA probably said "dev program". I thought NASA led the investigation into the Falcon 9 pre-launch pad explosion?
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Yes, it was. It looks like the McGregor-Oglesby area is much more populated than Boca Chica.
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Everything went as planned for Falcon 9 Starlink launch #1. Launch 2 is roughly 24 hrs from now.
As for the FAA sticking their nose into the Starship tests, it sounds like they just want to remind people, "hey we're still here." It's not like this is the equivalent of making tweaks to a car engine and throwing the ignition to test fixes.
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I have no problem with FAA being involved (and actually believe they're insight and recommendations would be valuable input to SpaceX), as long they don't start forcing unreasonable new requirements or introducing overly long delays. :fingerscrossed:
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Just curious, what FAA recommendations and insight do you think could be valuable on a completely unique prototype spacecraft design?
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