SpaceX Starship Launch Faces FAA Delay. Again
Getting to space is difficult. The technical, gravitational, atmospheric, aerodynamic, and fiscal challenges are immense—and then there’s the red-tape … The Federal Aviation Administration has delayed the release of its final, Programmatic Environmental Assessment of SpaceX's Starship development program until next month. The move—which the FAA attributes to ongoing interagency consultation—will see the originally scheduled release date of 31 May pushed back to 13 June.