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I'm the world.

I'm John Batchel.

Behind the black, Bob Zimmerman is here, and we begin with good news.

Good news at Boca Chica.

The FAA, our old friend.

Bob, they've seen the light.

What's happened?

Good evening, to you.

Good evening, John, yes.

The FAA, as we reported earlier this week, had approved They've seen the light. What's happened? Good evening, John. Yes.

The FAA, as we reported earlier this week, had approved this week an increased launch rate allowing SpaceX to do it at Vandenberg.

This is with the Falcon 9 rocket.

The same week, just shortly thereafter, the FAA approved SpaceX's request to increase launches of Starship at Bocachica.

SpaceX, the previous environmental reassessment had limited the number of launches to nine

per year.

SpaceX asked if it could increase those number of launches to as many as 25 per year, that would be a Starship launching every two weeks.

And it has now approved this.

They have released the environmental assessment stating very bluntly, and let me read this, they conclude that no significant impacts would occur as a result of SpaceX posed actions.

Now this is not a surprise because we have almost three-quarters of a century of empirical data from both Florida and California.

That space boards do no harm to the environment, they actually benefit the environment.

They create large wildlife refuges that prevent development in those regions.

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