UFO - Elon Musk Calls For Suing Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Space Company As Billionaires' Battle Takes Nasty Turn: 'Not Cool…To Impede SpaceX's Progress By Lawfare' | Benzinga
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin last week filed a public comment on the Federal Aviation Administration’s plan to evaluate the environmental impact of granting commercial license to Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Starship at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, urging upon the federal agency to set limits on the number of launches. This did not go down well with the Tesla CEO.
What Happened: As the FAA works on preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) of SpaceX launches from the base, Blue Origin presented seven considerations for the agency. These include capping the rate of Starship-SuperHeavy (Ss-SH) launch, landing and other operations as well as limiting its operations to limited times. SpaceX intends to launch 44 Ss-SH missions per year under a lease with NASA at the LC-39A launch complex at KSC Florida, the Bezos-led company said. It noted that SpaceX’ Ss-SH test missions at the Starbase launch facility at Boca Chica, in Texas, were already facing ...