SpaceX drops plans to convert oil rigs into launch platforms

[Logans_Run]

https://spacenews.com/spacex-drops-plans-to-covert-oil-rigs-into-launch-platforms/

[gnarbarian]

this is a bummer. I was hoping these would be used to sidestep the FAA BS they have been dealing with.

[dd36 → gnarbarian]

What BS?

[gnarbarian → dd36]

waiting more than a year for an environmental authorization to launch out of Boca chica.

[bryananderson → gnarbarian]

You are confusing environmental clearance with a launch license. Environmental review was completed, with some required mitigations. Launch license is usually something that comes much closer to launch.

[gnarbarian → bryananderson]

how long did the environmental clearance take? I confused nothing

[consumer451 → gnarbarian]

Were they ready to launch, or conduct a static test prior to getting the license?

[gnarbarian → consumer451]

they would have been

[consumer451 → gnarbarian]

I am a huge SpaceX fan, I watch every NSF stream and that really did not appear to be the case.

We were all about 50/50 on if the OLM would even survive the static test.

The water deluge system was delivered only a couple days prior to static test.

[bryananderson → gnarbarian]

Then why did it take so much longer after the environmental clearance was done?

[Teever → gnarbarian]

How long do you feel that environmental assessment should have taken?

What qualifications/experience do you have that help you make that claim?

[dd36 → Teever]

I still am kind of amazed that Space X is allowed to launch near a protected wetland. It must be so loud and there must be some pollution.