Regulators insist on 63 corrective steps after world’s largest and most powerful rocket blew up on debut in April
SpaceX’s Starship, the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, must stay grounded until the company takes dozens of corrective actions after the rocket’s April debut ended in an explosion, federal regulators said on Friday.
The SpaceX founder, Elon Musk, said in the accident’s aftermath that he improved the 394ft rocket, which is nearly as long as three passenger jets, and strengthened the launch pad. A new Starship is on the redesigned pad, awaiting liftoff. It will fly empty, as before. The blast immediately caught the attention of regulators, who were required by law to open an investigation into the matter, and environmentalists who had already argued for a more in-depth study of potential hazards to public safety and wildlife.
SpaceX, which had previously warned that the chances of success were low, described the mission in positive terms. That flight “provided numerous lessons learned”, the company said in a statement.
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