The Federal Aviation Administration's 'written reevaluation' is SpaceX's ticket to launching orbital-class Starship prototypes from Boca Chica, Texas.
SpaceX is building and launching prototypes of Starship — a reusable launch system designed to send people to the moon and Mars — from Boca Chica, a site at the southern tip of Texas. But that's not what SpaceX was supposed to do with the site. When it got approval in July 2014, the rocket company said it'd build a commercial spaceport to launch Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.
SpaceX is building and launching prototypes of Starship — a reusable launch system designed to send people to the moon and Mars — from Boca Chica, a site at the southern tip of Texas. But that's not what SpaceX was supposed to do with the site. When it got approval in July 2014, the rocket company said it'd build a commercial spaceport to launch Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.
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