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The former U.S. senator from Florida, sworn in as NASA administrator on May 3 by Vice President Kamala Harris, is starting his term with a warning to China about control of rockets it lofts into orbit. One of his first interviews in office was with Aviation Week’s Irene Klotz. Excerpts follow. Why.
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SpaceX Surprised By High Liquid Oxygen Levels In Rocket Prior To NASA Crew Launch Apr 15, 2021 20:36 EDT
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. s (SpaceX) vice president of build and reliability, Mr. Willian Gerstenmaier, stated today that his company discovered excess levels of oxidizer on the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket. The anomaly was discovered during a test abort in Texas, explained the executive, whose company is now further investigating the issue.
His comments came during a teleconference hosted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) after the duo completed the flight readiness review for NASA s upcoming Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The Crew-2 mission is part of the agency s Commercial Crew Program (CCP), which successfully resumed ISS flights from the homeland U.S. last year.
SpaceX Starship launch: Elon Musk attacked the FAA on Twitter (Image: ELON MUSK TWITTER)
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Why hasn t Starship SN9 launched yet?
Starship SN9 s maiden voyage was called off after the FAA claimed SpaceX has violated its launch license a month earlier with the launch of SN8.
The SN8 prototype launched from Boca Chica on a 7.8 miles (12.5km) hop and soft landing but failed to safely touch down back on the launchpad.
Before the rocket took off, Mr Musk said there was a 2/3 probability SN8 would crash.
SpaceX fact sheet: Facts about Elon Musk s company (Image: EXPRESS)
SpaceX Starship launch: SN9 and SN10 prototypes at the Boca Chica launchpad (Image: ELON MUSK TWITTER)