On: SpaceX drops plans to convert oil rigs into launch...

[bryananderson]

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?