Space X FAA Delays

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Look at this story having to do with SpaceX in
Texas and uh, and and tell me now why we
can't get anything built successfully these days. The headline is
f a A requires SpaceX to make environmental adjustments to
move forward with its starship program in Texas. Okay, no
big deal, right well, the f a A said it
will require Elon Musk's SpaceX to make dozens of environmental

(00:23):
adjustments in order to conduct further starship flight tests and
begin operational launches. Uh. Space X will be required to
take more than seventy five actions to mitigate environmental impacts
before the company can receive a launch license for the site,
the f a A said in a press release. The
mitigations include protections for water resources, limits to noise noise levels,

(00:43):
and bio hazard materials controls. Oh, that seems pretty reasonable.
And again, you know we probably underregulated that sort of
thing back in the day, and you know, stamped out
some species and that sort of thing. So but stay
with the moon. We did. We did, indeed, Jack, we
got to the moon. Amongst them, you gotta step on

(01:05):
a few lizards to get to the moon. You step
on him. Among the requirements, space X will coordinate with
a qualified biologist on lighting inspections to minimize the impact
on sea turtles. They will have to operate an employee
shuttle between the city of Brownsville and the facility, and
perform quarterly clean ups of a local beach. Um. That
sounds like you got uh caught drinking and driving and

(01:29):
you're got to clean up the ditches now exactly now,
because I got a rocket over there, I gotta clean
up that beach. Okay, but wait, there's more. The company
will also contribute to local education and preservation efforts, including
preparing a historical context report of the events of the
Mexican War and a civil war that took place in

(01:49):
the area. What yes, SpaceX to launch their rocket, they
have to present historic context reports of the events of
the Mexican War and the Civil War. That. Now, that
is crazy. I'm not done yet. What this can't be
real real? This is from Joe's bringing this fiction fake news.

(02:17):
Let's see where was I? Okay, so they gotta do
book reports on the Mexican War in the Civil War.
I guess if you want to get to Mars, you
gotta do a book report of the Mexican War. What
what the hell as well as replacing ornaments on a
local historical marker. The company will also make annual contributions
of five thousand dollars each to organizations that protect US

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alots and endangered birds of prey, as well as a
state recreational fishing program. UH. They also issued the f
A A also issued new rules for closing the public highway, etcetera, etcetera,
such as requiring the road be open on eighteen specified
holidays and most weekends. Again, why can't we build anything

(02:59):
anymore in this country? That is unbelievable. You know what
it seems it feels like to me, is oh, you
want to blast off rockets. Huh. You've got a big company,
do you. You're making your fancy electric cars? All right, Well,
you want to blast off your rockets. We got a
list of requests for you. And you look at the
list and think a lot of this stuff has nothing

(03:20):
to do with blasting off rockets. Do you want your
permit or not? So it's just extortion. That is unbelievable.
I was wondering I would I would there was some
sort of AI simulation you could run with all the
UH details from the time and now like could the
Right Brothers have done what they did now? Or would

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it have been possible to get the permit to test
your thing on the beach there in North Carolina? Or
could we have ever gotten to the moon, would be
ready to be able to get the space program Graham going?
Or you just would not have been able to get
through the hiring process for the astronauts or or whatever,
and do it now? Well, if the Right brothers tried

(04:02):
to do what they did now, I think they would
look up in the sky and see giant airliners flying by.
I think, why am I wasting my time? But it
is a thought experience. I understand what you're driving horrible.
I got something to tell you. You hear that washing
sound look over there? But no, that's why I think.

(04:25):
I wonder if that's been done. And I'll bet you're right.
I'll bet you would figure out over and over again
that yes, you could have done it, but it would
be quadruple the the expense and take five times as long,
or you just couldn't do it at all. Wow. Yeah,
that's interesting. That is just nutty. That is just nutty.

(04:48):
And so Elon Musk is sitting there late at night
with his pen in his hand writing Fort Sumter, South Carolina,
was a Union fort. What the hell? So in his
book Report to Satisfy the f A, so we can
launch a rocket and maybe get mankind to Mars. Armstrong

(05:11):
and Jetty