re: FAA says SpaceX must implement 63 corrective actions before next Starship launch

with a pre startup safety list of 63 items from the feds, Elon's folks ought to be able to blow through the requirements in a week.........unless there is an environmental issue about sea worms attacking clams due to the heat from the three minute rocket exhaust

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Why is SpaceX still launching from the US?

There's no shortage of countries that would be ecstatic to have Elon without the red tape BS.

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Lol... They government is space Xs largest customer and it's not even close.

Space X would not have done anything without the tax payer footing the bill. These other countries would not have spent the type of money for them to get where they are

Almost as if the idiots in this thread thinks SpaceX generates money. Everything that company does is paid for by the tax payer.

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If anyone doesn’t realize this is pure political retribution, I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

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I assumed based on this declaration you can walk us through the 63 corrective actions required and point out how they are unnecessary bureaucratic red tape. The article did not do that but unless you are reacting on emotion vs facts then you certainly should be able to. If you are someone else can then I would be fully inclined to agree.

The article stated:

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"Starship's first flight test provided numerous lessons learned that are directly contributing to several upgrades being made both to the vehicle and ground infrastructure to improve the probability of success on future Starship flights," SpaceX said in an online post on Friday.

In the post, the company indicated it had carried out changes related to leaks, the launchpad, its Autonomous Flight Safety System and other things that the FAA had raised with the corrective actions. SpaceX "is also implementing a full suite of system performance upgrades unrelated to any issues observed during the first flight test," it said.

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We all know SpaceX is a serious company and I am inclined to think the vast majority of the 63 corrective actions are likely ones SapceX themselves have identified and have or will correct. There was a catastrophic failure so only a moron would not try to take corrective measures. I get that people hate all forms of government but control of companies launching things into space in order to keep an acceptable level of safety seems like a good use of governmental funds and power, though I am 100% sure it could be better than it is today. While, again, SpaceX is a seriously well run (on the engineering side, I have no idea about the business side) it doesn't mean that there won't be some yahoo with a lot of money that wants to try space travel as a hobby and does some supremely sketchy things. They have to treat SpaceX in a way that when they crack down on SpaceBillyBob there is no legitimate argument about why are you picking on little old me.

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Almost as if the idiots in this thread thinks SpaceX generates money. Everything that company does is paid for by the tax payer.

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I mean, they are certainly a legit business. The same can be said about Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and any number of other companies with the US government as a primary customer. I don’t want to take away from what SpaceX has accomplished. This isn’t a company getting a handout, it’s a company that’s making huge strides in space flight. There’s a reason they have all of those launch contracts.

That being said.. just like Lockheed and others, they aren’t packing up and moving to Mexico.

SpaceX needs the federal government just as much as NASA and DOD need SpaceX. It may not be true forever, but it’s definitely true today.

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The left are so stupid. The payloads going to the ISS are planned six months in advance. If I were Musk, I would drag my feet on this until NASA is screaming bloody murder.

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Next time they are looking for a ride to the ISS, he should tell them to call Russia.

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What the hell does the FAA know about space flight engineering? Or even NASA which still doesn't have multiuse rockets?

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The FAA has too much authority.

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Of course it is, like most other companies. What are tax breaks if not huge handouts? Sure this is a mutually beneficial partnership, but like everything else in corporate America, the profits are capitalized, but the losses are socialized.

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A tax break is far from a handout. We've been programmed to believe that when the gov't let's us keep some of our own money, they're giving us theirs.

I remember when Progressives idolized Elon Musk, illegal immigrants, and homosexuals. And then poof…. they became the bad guys.

As if space talk doesn’t go hand in hand with endless government subsidy.