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2024-09-26 Government Corruption

So now the FAA even has problems with Starship's new heat tiles.

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So now the FAA even has problems with Starship's new heat tiles.

They're concerned about 'public safety', even though the ship will splash down in the middle of the ocean where there are no people.

Am I the only one who feels like they're making shit up to get in SpaceX's way? pic.twitter.com/BfyxrHzslE
— Space Sudoer (@spacesudoer) September 25, 2024

Posted by 3dc 2024-09-26 03:15|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1 Here’s the text of that unbelievable statement. This is disturbing, its shocking how SpaceX is being targeted by the FAA.
"The FAA requires a license modification if an operator proposes a change that is material to public safety. A change is material to public safety if it alters or affects the following: class of payload; type of launch or reentry vehicle; type or quantity of hazardous material; flight trajectory; launch site or reentry site or other landing site; or any system, policy, procedure, requirement, criteria, or standard that is safety critical.
A proposal to conduct a return to launch site for the booster, if the FAA has not previously evaluated and authorized it for prior flights, is a change that is material to public safety. A change of a vehicle's thermal protection system (TPS) may be a material change if the TPS is a safety critical system or component that could affect public safety

Posted by 3dc 2024-09-26 03:36|| 2024-09-26 03:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Meanwhile, stranded US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams finish 710 game of cribbage.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-09-26 08:41|| 2024-09-26 08:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Tire falls off plane immediately after takeoff

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-26 09:41|| 2024-09-26 09:41|| Front Page Top

#4 United Airlines flight maneuver to avoid another plane injures 2

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-26 10:55|| 2024-09-26 10:55|| Front Page Top

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