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Not true. Musk said they weren't ready to launch yet anyways, and that they expected to be ready around the same time they expected to get FAA clearance. So it'
by purpleidea 5y ago
Not true. Musk said they weren't ready to launch yet anyways, and that they expected to be ready around the same time they expected to get FAA clearance. So it's not holding things up yet. And it might never.
- beambot 5y agoOK, let me be more clear: The gating factor is FAA clearance, but it's not a delay yet. More specifically: Nominal date for FAA clearance is X. Actual clearance will be >X (these agencies are never complete early; it's already been delayed twice). SpaceX readiness date will be <= X. Therefore FAA clearance is the program bottleneck.
- ncmncm 5y agoClaiming to be ready and just waiting on the FAA is good publicity, true or no. We can't tell from the outside.
- beambot 5y agoApparently we'll never know... My comment was entirely too prescient: just today the FAA pushed decision back by another month: https://www.space.com/faa-spacex-starship-review-delayed-march-28 https://www.space.com/faa-spacex-starship-review-delayed-mar...
- simonh 5y ago>SpaceX readiness date will be <= X To be fair to the FAA, I wouldn't bet on that. It's not called Elon Time for nothing.