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2025-06-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Mexico threatens lawsuit against SpaceX over Starship explosion 'contamination'

[Space] Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum has threatened to file a lawsuit against SpaceX over what the leader described as "contamination" following an explosion at SpaceX's Starbase facility earlier this month.

On June 18, SpaceX was testing the upper stage of its Starship vehicle on a test stand at its Starbase site near Boca Chica Beach in Texas when Starship exploded in a dramatic fireball. SpaceX wrote on social media that there were no hazards to the surrounding communities following the explosion.

But Sheinbaum contests that claim. In a press conference held on Wednesday (June 25), the Mexican president said there is a "general review underway of the international laws that are being violated" due to the fact that "there is contamination" stemming from Starship's explosion, according to Yucatan Magazine. The Guardian reports that Sheinbaum added that her government is looking to file "the necessary lawsuits" over the alleged contamination.

Where is she going to file this lawsuit?

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#1 Human remains lost after memorial spaceflight capsule crashes into the sea

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-27 10:06|| 2025-06-27 10:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Mexico is reeeeeaaaalllly trying to piss us off, isn't it?

Posted by DarthVader 2025-06-27 10:48|| 2025-06-27 10:48|| Front Page Top

#3 It all goes back to the "What do you call Mexican Astronauts? - Specimen!" joke butthurt

Posted by Frank G 2025-06-27 11:44|| 2025-06-27 11:44|| Front Page Top

#4 That would be the Mexico that allows untreated waste water to flow upon the beaches of San Diego.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-06-27 11:48|| 2025-06-27 11:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Allows, or is the sewage flow intentional?

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-27 12:37|| 2025-06-27 12:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Allows. Overwhelms their own systems (such as they are) and overwhelms the cross-border system in the US

Posted by Frank G 2025-06-27 12:51|| 2025-06-27 12:51|| Front Page Top

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