a few minor points.
They have always intended to operate out of Kennedy Space Center, as well as
other places, so it's hard to tell if they are pulling back from Texas or just
moving forward on their long term plan.
Remember, they expect that it will be cheaper to launch a Starship than it is to
launch an Electron (let along a Falcon 9)
The initial plan for Boca Chica included Falcon Heavys, not just the Falcon 9
David Lang
On Fri, 12 May 2023, Darrell Budic via Starlink wrote:
Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 18:18:16 -0500
From: Darrell Budic via Starlink <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Darrell Budic <[email protected]>
To: Dave Taht <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Starlink] Planetary Society podcast on SpaceX & EPA issues
The TLDR; is probably:
- site originally used a sort of short form Environmental Impact Statement to
certify for occasional falcon 9 launches, not exploding starship testing
- updates have been made to allow for the testing, and this is where the recent
lawsuits are centered
- crazy things have been floated for the site (LNG shipping terminal, 250MW
power plant) that would have required new evals
- lots of this is probably traceable to Musk’s lack of local PR and just trying
to crash forward and the recent train derailments in the news raising awareness
- SpaceX seems to be realizing this site may not be what they need and may to
be looking at doing more at Kennedy Space Center in the future
- if the lawsuit against the EPA stays in Washington DC, it may be trouble for
SpaceX, if it moves to Texas at the EPAs request, it’s more likely to mean
little overall
But you miss a lot of somewhat interesting policy and background on the Environmental angle, which turns out to be more involved than I’d have thought from a distance.
Also nice that the Planetary Society posts a full transcript if you’d rather
read/skim than listen.
On May 12, 2023, at 4:53 PM, Dave Taht <[email protected]> wrote:
could you summarize?
On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 8:48 AM Darrell Budic via Starlink
<[email protected]> wrote:
Some intersting coverage on the route SpaceX took with their Boca Chica site
and environmental issues here:
https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/space-policy-edition-spacexs-starship-vs-the-environment-with-eric-roesch
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