FAA: Starship Launch Plan Will Need Environmental Impact Statement

SpaceX Starship
Credit: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—SpaceX’s plan to launch its Starship-Super Heavy reusable Mars-class space transport from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) will require a full environmental impact statement (EIS), the FAA said May 10, a process that is expected to take 18-24 months. NASA in 2019 conducted a lower...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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