SpaceX’s SpaceShip has a curious approval problem from the US authorities
A reporter from the NASASpaceflight blog reveals that Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, has come under scrutiny (again) by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, in consultation with the Federal Aviation Administration, regarding to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
This review process will last more than 135 days and will delay any upcoming rocket launches because the government wants to understand the environmental impact of the launches. The move seems like a clever move by the Biden administration to target Elon Musk because he is also the owner of the "free speech" platform
Musk recently described the apparent “grudge” the Biden administration has towards him. In September he told entrepreneur David Sacks, host of the All-In Podcast:
“…there appears to be a significant increase in the use of guns by the government and some sort of abuse of judicial discretion in many areas…I think it's really dangerous that there is partisan politics with government agencies.”
Musk continued: “ I don't think the entire administration is mad at me , ” “But I think there are probably aspects of the administration… or aspects of interests aligned with President Biden that probably don't want good things for me and ”.
On September 5, Musk said Starship was ready for launch. Also in September, the FAA predicted that Starship would be ready to fly again in mid-October. But the process is blocked by the Fish and Wildlife Service, which must complete an overhaul of Starship's water deluge system before launch.
As for government abuse, Musk recently signed a “Friend of Justice” document in support of hedge fund manager George Jarkesy, who claims he faces an unconstitutional enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house judges .
“The SEC's use of unconstitutionally isolated [administrative law judges], its exercise of legislative power in choosing the forum for its disputes without any guiding principles, and its refusal to afford SEC defendants the opportunity to argue before a jury raise serious concerns in SEC administrative proceedings,” lawyers representing Musk and others wrote in their “amicu”s brief in SEC v. Jarkesy.
Even though SpaceX has delivered 80% of all payloads into space this year, the Biden administration feels compelled to try to block it, even through futile methods. This is the USA.
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