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But what are the White House’s next steps? Rep. Mike Levin says the FCC must “act now” to better regulate mega-constellations to control pollution in space.
to ensure it gets the resources to defend it, two leading government analysts contend.
Inside the FAA-SpaceX regulatory saga that delayed Starship SN9
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Birds fly overhead along the Brazos Santiago Pass as SpaceX Starship SN9 and SN10 sit on their launch platforms at the SpaceX Launch Facility near Boca Chica Village as seen from Isla Blanca Park at South Padre Island on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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The evening sky looms over the SpaceX Starship SN9 and SN10 prototypes on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021 at Boca Chica Village, Texas.Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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SpaceX Starship SN9 lifts off for a test flight on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 from the SpaceX Launch Facility near Boca Chica Village as seen from Isla Blanca Park at South Padre Island. SN9 reached a height of 10 kilometers before making its turn and descent. Just as it was about to land, the spacecraft crashed and exploded into a fireball beside its sibling ro
On Tuesday, a test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, a huge next-generation spacecraft that Elon Musk, the founder and chief executive of the private rocket company, dreams of one day sending to Mars, came to an explosive end.
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President Biden is inheriting one of Trump’s pet projects.
The headquarters of the United States Space Command was supposed to be based in Colorado. Since then-President Donald Trump revived the command in 2018, the state had been its temporary home, and last February, when the search for a permanent location was still on, he had teased that the current arrangement could win out. “I will be making a big decision on the future of the Space Force as to where it is going to be located, and I know you want it,” Trump said at a rally in Colorado Springs last February. “You are being very strongly considered for the space command, very strongly.”