> Though Fish & Wildlife could have begun its own investigation in April, and met the 135-day deadline to give its approval for a launch the same time as the FA

> Though Fish & Wildlife could have begun its own investigation in April, and met the 135-day deadline to give its approval for a launch the same time as the FAA, in September, it now appears that it did not start its clock ticking until after the FAA closed its work. If so, it appears Fish & Wildlife has until early January to complete its investigation. The FWA is exercising a brand new power here, and obviously dragging it out as long as it can - but at whose orders? Maybe Elon should have coughed up 10% for "the big guy" or bought some of Hunter's paintings. SpaceX probably got some good talent to push this through, but probably didn't foresee Biden's 4D chess move of using the FWA of all things to creatively block them. What's next? Perhaps the Dept of Education needs to weigh in on this.