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The FAA warned rocket launches could “significantly reduce safety” for airplanes after we reported earlier this year on a SpaceX rocket explosion. Such disruptions will likely become more frequent, as SpaceX is planning up to 76 launches a year.

propublica.orgClub Med, a Disney Cruise and an Exploding Starship: SpaceX Used Bystander Videos to Track Falling DebrisA heavily redacted report obtained from the FAA by ProPublica reveals that SpaceX used videos from tourists and travelers in the Caribbean to help track falling debris after one of its Starship rocket...

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The sharp increase in near-disasters as flight controller understaffing and overworking gets worse has already convinced me to stop flying. This just adds more fuel to the fire.

“Launch and see if blows up” style rocket development over the central and southern Pacific, or south Atlantic would be a far safer strategy for air traffic.

Ever hear of Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, White Lake Wildlife Refuge, Rainey Audubon Sanctuary and Sabine Refuge? You have now. Elon is placing spacex in middle of estuary flyway vast marsh paradise, already under threat.