Advocacy Groups Urge FAA to Approve the SpaceX Flight Test to Speed Up Development of Domestic Heavy Lift Capability
An industry effort urging the Federal Aviation Administration to pick up the pace on SpaceX Starship approval. The statement was released this week, signed by a group of 14 space advocacy entities publishing a joint statement in support of the project. The signatories said that the approval of the SpaceX Starship, a super heavy, reusable launch system, is vital to the progression of the commercial space industry as a whole. The Complete system is hoped to someday carry both crew and cargo not just into Earth orbit, but to Luna, Mars, and someday - beyond.