Enlarge / Starship prototype SN9 has not launched but. (credit score: SpaceX)
There have been moments of excessive drama on Thursday afternoon, and once more Friday morning, in South Texas. For 2 days in a row, SpaceX evacuated the handful of residents remaining in Boca Chica Village. Sheriff’s deputies cleared seashores and closed roads. And on the firm’s launch web site, a Starship rocket prototype underwent preparations for launch.
The car was prepared, with floor gear venting away. The winds have been gentle. After which—nothing. Because the hours ticked by, the rocket remained on the bottom. Sadly for SpaceX, the Federal Aviation Administration had not given its remaining approval to launch. All of it made for fairly a South Texas Showdown.
SpaceX, which formally stated it was focusing on a launch try on Thursday, has not publicly commented on what occurred. Nor has the FAA offered specifics on what transpired apart from providing a generic assertion: “We’ll proceed working with SpaceX to resolve excellent issues of safety earlier than we approve the following check flight.”
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