FAA vs SpaceX Update! Why FAA KEEP STOPPING Starship Orbital Flight?

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Hello and welcome to our channel, Space Journey. Today we are going to talk about FAA's decision to STOP SpaceX Starship orbital test flight, and how that will affect SpaceX.

Starship is a fully reusable two-stage launch vehicle under development by American company SpaceX, comprising of a first stage booster named Super Heavy and a second stage spacecraft named Starship. The launch vehicle is expected to be the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket in the world, capable of producing 72 meganewtons or 17,000,000 pound-force of thrust at lift-off—more than twice that of a Saturn V rocket. Starship can launch 100 t (220,000 lb) to low Earth orbit and with the same capacity to higher Earth orbits, the Moon, or Mars via transferring propellant in orbit. To accommodate Starship's features, a non-traditional launch complex would be used, including a launch tower that can lift and recover both stages. Both stages will be powered by Raptor engines and constructed out of stainless steel. Because of this rocket beast, the whole world is looking forward to its orbital flight. All of the craft's preparations appear to be complete. However, the Federal Aviation Administration must approve a launch test before it can take place. SpaceX and the FAA have officially issued a draft environmental assessment (EA) of the company's South Texas Starship launch plans, which is a rare sign of substantial progress. However, because of the FAA's glacial pace, SpaceX's orbital Starship launch debut might be put back until 2022.

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