Originally Posted by
IFMU
I have hopes to see progress in space travel, so limiting bureaucracy is a benefit to me.
We are not going to see any space travel soon if a major accident happens during testing of these rockets. A fueled Superheavy/Starship rocket has the destructive power of a small nuclear bomb. On the first launch attempt, the rocket was completely out of control, staging didn't work and the safety systems not as expected. I wouldn't want to live any closer than 1000 miles from Boca Chica when they try it again, unless the FAA and the other supervising authorities work as good as they can. If it takes a little longer, then be it so. An accident will cause much bigger delays or even an end of the entire program.