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#HotelMars: The environmental lawsuits following the Starship/Superheavy launch. Douglas Messier, Parabolicarc.com. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com

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🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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#HotelMars: The environmental lawsuits following the Starship/Superheavy launch. Douglas Messier, Parabolicarc.com. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/01/us/faa-spacex-explosion-lawsuit-scn-climate/index.html

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0:21.9

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0:22.9

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0:27.2

get your podcasts.

0:30.0

This is Hotel Mars, episode n.

0:37.8

I'm John Batchwood, David Livingston, Dr. Space himself, my colleague in coast and co-pilot.

0:43.8

Starship, SpaceX writes Reuters, has few alternatives if lawsuit upends Musk's Texas

0:53.2

launch plans.

0:54.9

This of course points to the spectacular success of SpaceX launching Starship on Super

1:00.9

Heavy.

1:02.4

And the next plan is to do it again, to get back on that horse and ride, except a lawsuit

1:09.1

shows up about the environment.

1:11.8

And to sort this out, we welcome Doug Messier, the managing editor of Parabolic Arc, Parabolic

1:18.6

Arc.com.

1:20.5

Because as I recall, there was a lengthy investigation, including the environment and fish and wildlife.

1:30.1

For the Boca Chica site, even before Starship launched, this had to do with moving from

1:36.3

Falcon 9 to Falcon Heavy, or the heavier launches from Boca Chica.

1:43.2

Also, Boca Chica is said to just be a test site.

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