{"id":1436985,"date":"2023-11-04T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1436985"},"modified":"2023-11-04T20:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T00:20:00","slug":"showtime-worlds-largest-rocket-ready-for-mid-november-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/showtime-worlds-largest-rocket-ready-for-mid-november-launch\/1436985\/","title":{"rendered":"Showtime: World&#8217;s Largest Rocket Ready For &#8216;Mid-November&#8217; Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Showtime: World&#8217;s Largest Rocket Ready For &#8216;Mid-November&#8217; Launch<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/launches\/mission\/?missionId=starship-flight-2\">announced<\/a>\u00a0on Friday that the most powerful rocket ever built, Starship, currently under review by the US Fish &amp; Wildlife Service, could be ready for the second launch as soon as mid-November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship could launch as soon as mid-November, pending regulatory approval,&#8221; SpaceX wrote in a statement on its website.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship could launch as soon as mid-November, pending regulatory approval \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pxgvgUeIFF\">https:\/\/t.co\/pxgvgUeIFF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P40vOCaFaZ\">pic.twitter.com\/P40vOCaFaZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1720523323212492904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This comes several days after the Federal Aviation Administration concluded a safety review focused on potential impacts on public health and property. The FAA&#8217;s report is part of a more comprehensive assessment required before the next launch. Currently, the Fish &amp; Wildlife Service is still conducting an Endangered Species Act of 1973 review of the launch and has upwards of 135 days to issue an opinion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The consultation is still underway, so we don&#8217;t have any timeline updates,&#8221; Aubry Buzek, public affairs for the Fish and Wildlife Service in Texas, told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-11-03\/spacex-eyes-next-starship-rocket-launch-as-soon-as-mid-november\">Bloomberg<\/a>\u00a0via email.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There have been mounting concerns the US government under the Biden administration has weaponized federal agencies against the billionaire for his &#8216;free speech&#8217; social media platform X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk recently described the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/weaponized-govt-agencies-dont-wish-good-things-me-musk-blames-biden-admin-ukraine\">apparent &#8216;beef&#8217; that the Biden administration<\/a>\u00a0has with him. In September, he told All-In Podcast host entrepreneur David Sacks:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;&#8230;there does seem to be some significant increase in the weaponization of government and really sort of misuse of prosecutorial discretion in many areas&#8230; I think this is really a dangerous thing for there to be partisan politics with government agencies.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Musk continued:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0&#8220;I don&#8217;t think the whole administration has it out for me,&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0&#8220;But I think there&#8217;s probably aspects of the administration&#8230; or aspects of interests aligned with President Biden who probably do not wish good things for me.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 5, Musk said Starship was ready for launch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Starship is ready to launch, awaiting FAA license approval,&#8221; Musk wrote on X, sharing a video of world&#8217;s largest rocket at the SpaceX Starbase launch facility in south Texas.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Musk was somewhat optimistic in a recent interview where he said, &#8220;We think it will work, but we aren&#8217;t sure if it will work.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sat, 11\/04\/2023 &#8211; 16:20<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/showtime-worlds-largest-rocket-ready-mid-november-launch\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/showtime-worlds-largest-rocket-ready-mid-november-launch<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showtime: World&#8217;s Largest Rocket Ready For &#8216;Mid-November&#8217; Launch Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX\u00a0announced\u00a0on Friday that the most powerful rocket ever built, Starship, currently under review by the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1436985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}