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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Starlink satellite falls to Earth, burns up as stunning fireball over US

European Space Agency simulation shows the number of spacecraft orbiting the Earth By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 11 November 2024 The bright object was likely a Starlink satellite burning up in Earth's atmosphere as it fell back toward our planet. A brilliant fireball that lit up the skies over

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Spaceport moves to mountain summit despite objections from Scotland’s richest man

The proposed Sutherland Spaceport design on the A’ Mhoine peninsula. By Alison Campsie, Published by The Scotsman, 10 November 2024 The Sutherland Spaceport gets ready for liftoff. Amountain summit will become a rocket surveillance site for the country’s latest spaceport after objections from Scotland’s richest man were sidelined. An ‘antenna park’ will

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