SpaceX clearance for 25 Starship launches a year is 'ludicrous,' Texans say
SpaceX can now launch Starship 25 times a year in South Texas, a change that Elon Musk 's rocket company welcomes as communities in affected regions worry about potential destruction from the powerful vehicle. On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration released its long-anticipated final assessment surrounding a proposal for 25 Starship launches a year as opposed to a limit of five. The agency said that after "careful and thorough consideration," it found that modifying SpaceX's license to allow for a more rapid launch cadence is consistent with existing national environmental policies and "will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment." But others were critical of the assessment. Moriba Jah, a professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, said he thought the FAA assessment "wasn't good enough" and unnecessarily increases the launc...