Musk getting pissed off. Not sure what NASA thinks…
US Fish and Wildlife officials have yet to begin a formal review of SpaceX’s upgrades following Starship’s first launch in April. This could push back the next launch window by months, which I know none of us want to hear.
The agency still needs to review SpaceX’s plans to operate a water deluge system during the next launch of its Starship rocket — this process could take anywhere from 30 to 135 days, the FWS said in an email to Bloomberg News on Monday.
However, that review process has yet to formally begin, the FWS said, which could further delay SpaceX’s plans to launch Starship on its second test flight from South Texas.
The US Federal Aviation Administration cannot give SpaceX a new launch license until the consultation with the FWS is complete, the FWS added….
Elon Musk:
That is unacceptable.
It is absurd that SpaceX can build a giant rocket faster than they can shuffle paperwork!