From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Snidely pounded on thar keyboard to tell us   
   > JF Mezei asserted that:   
   >> On 2021-02-04 15:52, Snidely wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> SN8 clearly was over the water when it started down, and moved inland over   
   >>> the landing pad once it was clear it wasn't heading for South Padre.  I   
   >>> haven't watched the SpaceX video enough to be sure it did the same thing,   
   >>> but the cameras of the NSF crew had to pan a fair bit during flight.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> FAA concerns are about the "boom" of an explosion damaging structures   
   >> (aka: windows) outside of SpaceX land.  It wasn't about Starship itself   
   >> landing on populated areas.   
   >   
   > And so far, SN1, SN4, SN7, SN7.1, SN8, and SN9 haven't broken windows in Boca   
   > Chica village, much less South Padre Island.   
      
   I didn't count SN7.2 because it didn't go boom, it went hiss.   
      
   > During static fires, the siren tells the BCV residents when to be outside,   
   > just in case of an overpressure event.  Not happened yet.  Landing off   
   > balance with full tanks might do it, though.   
   >   
   > /dps   
      
   --   
   I have always been glad we weren't killed that night.  I do not know   
   any particular reason, but I have always been glad.   
     _Roughing It_, Mark Twain   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)