This is a series, I and the world, I'm John Bachelor. Behind the Black, 14 years of Bob Zimmerman watching the rise of commercial space.

14 years of your donations and subscriptions

most generous to sustain Bob in his analysis of where we're going.

We started with big space in the 20th century. We're at

commercial space in the 21st and spaceports are breaking out all over as Bob

reports. We begin however in the space port that is dear to everyone following low-Earth orbit

and the Moon and Mars, that is SpaceX at Boca Chica.

And so if you want to stay abreast of this, you need to listen to Bob analyze what looks to be official.

The FAA, an environmental assessment of Boca Chica.

Is it adequate? What are the issues? Because this has come up before.

Bob, 14 years, this is the final day of your fundraiser for July 2024.

And Boca Chica and SpaceX looked to be closer to launch.

Good evening to you, Bob.

Good evening, John.

Well, we'll see.

This is an interesting thing.

The FAA about a month ago made it clear that it was doing a new environmental

assessment of the Boca Chica space for a site that SpaceX uses to launch and test its

starship and super heavy. And they announced there were meetings and

that meant it sounds like they were doing a complete

environmental reassessment, environmental impact statement,

which could add years delay before they could proceed.

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