SpaceX's Starship rocket launches on its third test flight, on March 14, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX via X)

Falling debris from Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets is causing flights to be delayed across the world

SpaceX's Starship rocket launches on its third test flight, on March 14, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX via X) By Kelly Rissman, Published by The Independent, 14 January 2025 Some flights are abruptly delayed due to falling debris from Elon Musk’s Space Xrockets that are re-entering the earth, Qantas said. For weeks, the airline has been

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Could the next big environmental problem come from space?

By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Aerosociety, 10 January 2025 Could satellite mega-constellations trigger climate change 2.0? Air pollution from rocket launches and satellites burning up in Earth’s atmosphere could bring about the world’s next big environmental emergency. The space industry is pulling together to find a solution before it gets

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Public Should Weigh In On Elon Musk’s SpaceX Plans To Splash Down Near Hawaiʻi

Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024 By Lynda Williams, Published by Honolulu Civil Beat, 10 January 2025 Federal authorities have not required a thorough review, or consultation with Hawaiian stakeholders, for Starshipʻs proposed landing zones. Since 2022, Elon Musk and SpaceX has requested larger and larger landing areas near Hawai‘i for their experimental

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The space company will reportedly build hundreds of satellites bearing Earth-imaging capabilities that can operate as a swarm in low orbits The space company will reportedly build hundreds of satellites bearing Earth-imaging capabilities that can operate as a swarm in low orbits Credit: Cheney Orr/Reuters

SpaceX Wants to Increase Launches at Boca Chica Without a Full Environmental Review

By Lynda Williams, Published by Counter Punch, 12 December 2024 On April 20, 2023, SpaceX’s Starship—the largest and most powerful rocket ever built—exploded just four minutes after liftoff from its Boca Chica spaceport in Texas. While CEO Elon Musk touted the mission as a success for clearing the launch pad,

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Space Shuttle Discovery soars away from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, on Aug. 30, 1984, beginning its maiden voyage and a storied spaceflight career that spanned more than 26 years. The launch vehicle consisted of a main engine tank (orange) and two solid rocket boosters (white). (NASA)

Environmental Impacts of Satellites: Sign the Public Interest Research Group Letter to the FCC, and More

Space Shuttle Discovery launch Aug. 30, 1984 (NASA) By Patricia Burke, compiled with Kate Kheel of Safe Tech InternationalPosted on Patricia's Substack for Safe Tech, 15 November 2024 Dear FCC Space Bureau Chief Julie Kearney, 'The new space race doesn’t need to create massive space waste.' The number of satellites

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