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The sad thing is that it took the agency longer to grant the launch license than for SpaceX to rebuild the damaged launch tower, manufacture, install and test t
by cubefox 3y ago
The sad thing is that it took the agency longer to grant the launch license than for SpaceX to rebuild the damaged launch tower, manufacture, install and test the water deluge system, and prepare the second rocket for launch.
- ceejayoz 3y agoThat's a silly complaint; much of that work had to be done and demonstrated before they'd sign off.
- cubefox 3y agoSpaceX said they were done for one or two months now.
- ceejayoz 3y agoWhich would imply a maximum time period of said one or two months to process their application for a license.
- cubefox 3y agoEven that would arguably far too long, and it's wrong anyway. Various forms of investigating the previous launch failure probably started (or could have started) long before that.
- ceejayoz 3y agoThey've been investigating since the day first launch threw concrete everywhere. Federal agencies aren't inclined to grant launch licenses based on an IOU of "we promise it'll be fixed soon", and rightly so. Fix, apply, receive license, in that order.
- cubefox 3y agoWhat I was saying. They were waiting for around two months now.