From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   On 2024-03-20 2:58 a.m., The Running Man wrote:   
   > On 19/03/2024 14:13 Alain Fournier  wrote:   
   >> Here is an interesting article about future Starship flights.   
   >>   
   >> spacenews.com/spacex-planning-rapid-turnaround-for-next-starship-flight/   
   >>   
   >> "SpaceX hopes to conduct the next launch of its Starship vehicle as soon   
   >> as early May"   
   >>   
   >> And   
   >>   
   >> "However, Coleman said the agency wants to move to a process where the   
   >> license is valid for ?portfolio of launches? rather than individual   
   >> ones. That is particularly important, he added, because SpaceX is   
   >> planning six to nine more Starship launches this year."   
   >>   
   >> That could accelerate Starship development.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Alain Fournier   
   >   
   > First they need to identify the issues they had on the last flight and   
   rectify them. That alone could cost two months or more and I assume the FAA   
   license will take at least that amount of time.   
      
   The FAA is concerned about whether the launch is safe for the public.   
   Not about whether the rocket will be reusable. The boosters can impact   
   the ocean at high speed, that isn't a problem for the FAA, only for   
   SpaceX. The ship disintegrating over the Indian ocean is only slightly   
   more problematic. SpaceX only has to show that the next launch is not   
   likely to be worse than the previous one to get FAA approval.   
      
   That being said. Of course SpaceX would want to figure out the problems   
   and rectify them before the next launch. Gwynne Shotwell seems to think   
   that it can be done for a May launch. She likely knows better than you   
   and I.   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
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