The launch of SpaceX’s Starship — deemed the world’s most powerful rocket — exploded above Texas last week and sparked many conversations among space buffs, but it also sparked a 3.5-acre fire in a state park.
exploded above Texas last week and sparked many conversations among space buffs, but it also sparked a 3.5-acre fire in a state park.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday gave details about the fallout of the launch.
In addition to the fire, wildlife officials said in a statement, large concrete chunks and sheets of stainless steel were among the objects found thousands of feet away. Officials also found that a plume of pulverized concrete deposited material 6.5 miles northwest of the launchpad. SpaceX launched its Starship from Boca Chica, Tex., on Thursday morning from a pad adjacent to the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Aboutby many experts, The Washington Post previously reported. Explosions, they cautioned, are often part of the trial and error process of ambitious rocketry. However, it was the launch before the explosion that federal officials scrutinized.
Officials found no debris on refuge-owned lands, but staff documented about 385 acres of debris at SpaceX’s facility and at Boca Chica State Park, which is leased by the Fish and Wildlife Service and managed as part of refuge land. The 3.5-acre fire burned on Boca Chica state parkland, as well. “At this time, no dead birds or wildlife have been found on refuge-owned or managed lands,” the federal wildlife service said.
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