Musk's private space venture is claiming that its megarocket does not pose a threat to surrounding wildlife in Texas.
less-than-ideal launch sent a massive cloud of dust and debris towards its surrounding area. SpaceX’s launch site in Boca Chica is surrounded by a wildlife habitat that’s considered refuge to several endangered and threatened species like ocelots, piping plovers, and Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles.
Even before Starship took to the skies, the company’s previous activities on its launch site had already led to“As the Nation carries out the modern era of spaceflight, we must decide whether we will protect the wildlife and frontline communities that can be adversely affected by our desire to reach the stars, or whether we will leave a legacy of needless destruction in the scorching wake of rocket plumes,” the plaintiffs wrote in theIn the lawsuit, the Center for Biological Diversity, American...
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