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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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Posted by 3dc 2024-09-26 03:15|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
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#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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