Final Day of Hearings Yields More Support for SpaceX
Flying By Jeremy Kariuki 10/21/2021
https://www.flyingmag.com/story/news/spacex-hearing-day2/Residents continue to raise concerns over lack of communication with Spanish-speaking residents.
The FAA held its second virtual public hearing on the SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy projects Wednesday night, once again drawing attention from around the country, with more than 100 attendees sharing their comments on the proposed operations at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas.
“It is beyond my wildest imagination, that 52 years later, the company founded by a man, not yet born, would choose the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to build a gateway to Mars.”
- —Ludivina Garcia
“The reality is, this will be historical in the making. But what’s historical in the making is that this is the legacy of environmental racism … the people are being exploited. Gentrification is continuing,” said local resident Melissa Martinez.
“There is no such thing as environmental racism. That is a manufactured wokeism. If locals really cared about the beach, they would clean it up,” Paul said. “Locals really don’t care about their beach. They just want it because they’re petulant and childish. They want what they want, without any consequences.”
Much like Monday’s hearing, there were multiple mentions of the human race becoming a “multiplanetary” species. Ian Winiarski, 17, gave an explanation of what type of fuel would be used for the Starship project and its carbon emissions.
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