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I suspect Starship would also go a lot faster with the weight of the President directly behind it, helping to remove those pesky regulatory issues :)
by mft_ 3y ago
I suspect Starship would also go a lot faster with the weight of the President directly behind it, helping to remove those pesky regulatory issues :)
- inglor_cz 3y agoStart of the Apollo program literally precedes the Clean Air Act, establishment of EPA etc. When the government decided to build Kennedy Space Center in Florida wilderness, they just did. No lengthy environmental impact assessment process in the way.
- HarHarVeryFunny 3y agoSure, but most of the (anyways rapid) turnaround time from Starship launch #1 to #2 was rebuilding and deluge system .. can't be more than a month or two max delay attributed to regulations.
- inglor_cz 3y agoTrue, this was a major engineering obstacle that had to be overcome.
- mft_ 3y agoThe pad rebuild and deluge system install was in parallel with the other work. Give or take, it was complete by the end of July [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOtw3ucIKng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOtw3ucIKng
- vibrolax 3y agoWell we have the Canaveral National Seashore to enjoy today, which was constituted from the undeveloped portion of the space program reservation. Otherwise, that area today might be a wall of hirise condos instead of a pristine coastal barrier island.