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   On 2/4/2021 1:32 PM, JF Mezei wrote:   
   >> Have they?  My understanding is that SN7.2 tested was /interrupted/ to   
   >> allow SN9 to fly, not /stopped/.   
   >   
   > Testing to destruction takes a few hours. And consider that the FFA   
   > ordered SpaceX to stop testing because of flaws it saw in its procedures   
   > after SN8 and required SpaceX to fix procedures and fix documentation   
   > before being granted permit. This is why SN9 was delayed.   
   >   
   > So I have to assume that blowing up Sn7.2 was also stopped until FAA   
   > lifted the "do not test"  order/advisory/paperwork.   
   >   
      
   I don't assume that. In general, as I've been told elsewhere by an   
   expert in the know, if it stays on the ground FAA doesn't really have   
   any say on the matter. State Fire Marshals on the other hand, do.   
      
   Dave   
      
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