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    FAA wraps up safety review of SpaceX's huge Starship vehicle

    Weird flex. Like most things that adults have to deal with, the answer is "it depends" but you sound like the type of person that only deals with black and white. But many people refer to 100 km as the start of outer space. It might surprise you, but I've been a spaceflight enthusiast since I...
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    FAA wraps up safety review of SpaceX's huge Starship vehicle

    China's infrastructure expansion has been done quickly at the expense of safety, quality, and environmental standards and are rampant with corruption. Very much not an example worth emulating.
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    FAA wraps up safety review of SpaceX's huge Starship vehicle

    The EPA and FWS carry out the environmental review functions that Congress told it to perform. If those agencies did something other than what they're doing, they wouldn't be following the law. Now, could they speed up the review process if they had more staff? Perhaps. That's why I feel like...
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    FAA wraps up safety review of SpaceX's huge Starship vehicle

    "Boca Chica, on the Gulf of Mexico in Texas, provides habitat for a rich diversity of wildlife, including endangered species like ocelots, piping plovers and aplomado falcons. It's one of the few places where Kemp's ridley sea turtles — the most critically endangered sea turtles on the planet —...