NASA wants Musk's SpaceX to ensure the launch of the Starship from Florida does not jeopardize a nearby launch facility vital to the International Space Station, a senior NASA official told Reuters on Thursday.
Starship is the next-generation fully reusable transportation system being developed by SpaceX to send people and cargo to the Moon, Mars and other deep-space destinations. Boca Chica, Texas, is the primary test development and launch site for Starship. As an alternate launch pad, SpaceX invested in a Starship launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, hundreds of feet away from Pad 39A.
Pad 39A is the only launch pad approved to launch SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station. NASA officials have told SpaceX in recent months that if the Starship exploded on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, it would cut off the agency's only way to launch American astronauts to the International Space Station, Reuters reported.
Reuters reported that NASA space operations director Kathy Lueders (Kathy Lueders) said that SpaceX is studying how to strengthen the 39A launch pad, or make the launch pad more resistant to starship explosion accidents and the huge force released by the successful launch of the starship. .
SpaceX also proposed to NASA to launch astronauts from Pad 40. According to Reuters, NASA approval is required to either reinforce Pad 39A or launch astronauts from Pad 40. "SpaceX is working with us to address these issues," Ruedes said, because it's also in SpaceX's best interest not to have a fairly steady stream of revenue disrupted.
In addition to the Starship launch pad in Florida, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released SpaceX's environmental assessment report in Boca Chica, Texas on June 14. SpaceX will implement more than 75 corrective measures to protect Boca Chica. of fish, wildlife, plants and other environmental resources, and reduce beach and park closures, before launching a Starship orbital launch at the Boca Chica test site after applying for a launch permit.
This is one step closer to Starship's first orbital flight test. On June 15, Musk said on social media that the starship will be ready to take off next month, a second starship will be ready to fly in August, and every month after that.
Starship is the next-generation fully reusable transportation system being developed by SpaceX to send people and cargo to the Moon, Mars and other deep-space destinations. Boca Chica, Texas, is the primary test development and launch site for Starship. As an alternate launch pad, SpaceX invested in a Starship launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, hundreds of feet away from Pad 39A.
Pad 39A is the only launch pad approved to launch SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station. NASA officials have told SpaceX in recent months that if the Starship exploded on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, it would cut off the agency's only way to launch American astronauts to the International Space Station, Reuters reported.
Reuters reported that NASA space operations director Kathy Lueders (Kathy Lueders) said that SpaceX is studying how to strengthen the 39A launch pad, or make the launch pad more resistant to starship explosion accidents and the huge force released by the successful launch of the starship. .
SpaceX also proposed to NASA to launch astronauts from Pad 40. According to Reuters, NASA approval is required to either reinforce Pad 39A or launch astronauts from Pad 40. "SpaceX is working with us to address these issues," Ruedes said, because it's also in SpaceX's best interest not to have a fairly steady stream of revenue disrupted.
In addition to the Starship launch pad in Florida, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released SpaceX's environmental assessment report in Boca Chica, Texas on June 14. SpaceX will implement more than 75 corrective measures to protect Boca Chica. of fish, wildlife, plants and other environmental resources, and reduce beach and park closures, before launching a Starship orbital launch at the Boca Chica test site after applying for a launch permit.
This is one step closer to Starship's first orbital flight test. On June 15, Musk said on social media that the starship will be ready to take off next month, a second starship will be ready to fly in August, and every month after that.
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