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An unrelated reason why California is not great place for it: an aviation company I am familiar with recently had its entire test site (remote, desolate place)
by xyzzyz 5y ago
An unrelated reason why California is not great place for it: an aviation company I am familiar with recently had its entire test site (remote, desolate place) closed for months, because of fire risk — one of its previous prototypes caught on fire upon crashing (as things packed with energy sometimes to do on crash), and so no more testing was allowed until things get less dry.
- nradov 5y agoCalifornia aerospace companies have usually conducted flight tests in the Mojave Desert area precisely because a crash is unlikely to cause a major fire or other damage on the ground.