Elon Musk’s Starship Must Take Over 75 Environmental Actions Before Its Granted Permission to Launch: FAA

Elon Musk’s Starship Must Take Over 75 Environmental Actions Before Its Granted Permission to Launch: FAA
A prototype of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft is seen at the company's launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Sept. 28, 2019. Loren Elliott/Getty Images
Gary Bai
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A U.S. federal agency announced on Monday that it would require SpaceX to take over 75 environmental actions before permitting its Starship-Super Heavy program to launch.

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will require SpaceX to take actions like monitoring plants and wildlife for launch impacts, removing launch debris from sensitive habitats in the surrounding Texas State Parks and Lower Rio Grande National Wildlife Refuge, and managing light and noise pollution from the launch site before the company can launch Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, according to an FAA press release published on Monday.