Technosports by Astitva Patle October 4, 2021
The Federal Aviation Administration is extending the public comment period for an environmental review that must be completed before SpaceX can launch into orbit from South Texas. Public comments will now be accepted through Nov. 1. The FAA has also rescheduled its virtual public hearings to Oct. 18 and Oct. 20.
Earlier this month, local environmentalists sent the federal agency a letter demanding data and information on the risks to border communities and wildlife from ongoing rocket testing and launches from the SpaceX facility that borders a beach where endangered sea turtles nest.
“We believe that Starship Super Heavy poses an unacceptable risk of harm to the nearby communities of Port Isabel, Long Island Village, and South Padre Island, as well as to the immediately adjacent national wildlife refuge, state parkland, and surrounding fragile tidal wetlands,” the group’s board members wrote.
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