Well I'm back on BlueSky after the sudden demise of the old Tweetdeck, which was a fairly vital news gathering tool for me for the last... uh 8 years. Can we rebuild here??

On Monday, a coalition of environmental groups sued the FAA in an attempt to revoke SpaceX’s Starship launch license. The argument is that the FAA needs to do a more thorough environmental impact statement of Starbase and Starship. Twitter replies got out of hand so let’s try here: Thoughts?

SpaceX Starship Rocket Launch Was Hastily Approved, Suit Against FAA Says

The test launch of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket triggered a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration by a coalition of environmental groups and a Native American tribe, which says the agency was too quick to approve a southern Texas launch site near a sensitive wildlife area.

Me: it’s Tuesday Husband: why do you have to hurt me like that?

Can we spoil Succession on here too?

“Dad why aren’t we moving”

Sean it’s Sunday

And here’s Jax

Here’s our story on the US Fish and Wildlife’s assessment of the damage from SpaceX’s Starship test launch. I had to mute the convo on Twitter! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-26/spacex-launch-sparked-3-5-acre-fire-on-state-park-land-us-says-lgy2cc46

SpaceX’s Starship Launch Sparked Fire on State Park Land

SpaceX’s Starship test launch from southern Texas sparked a 3.5-acre fire and spread debris over hundreds of acres of combined company-owned and state park land, a federal agency said.

Feels peaceful here

Is it secret? Is it safe?