SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday termed the official delay in procuring a modified launch license for the second flight of its Starship as ‘unacceptable.’
What Happened: “That is unacceptable. It is absurd that SpaceX can build a giant rocket faster than they can shuffle paperwork!,” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
He was responding to a user who flagged that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) officials are yet to begin a formal review of SpaceX’s upgrades after its first flight attempt and subsequent explosion in April. Citing a Bloomberg news report, the user noted that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cannot provide the company with a new launch license until the FWS ...