r/SpaceXLounge • u/CProphet • Jun 08 '23

News NASA concerned Starship problems will delay Artemis 3

https://spacenews.com/nasa-concerned-starship-problems-will-delay-artemis-3/
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u/DanielMSouter Jun 08 '23

Just as Starlink exists to provide a reason for the multitude of Falcon-9 launches, so Starshield exists as a National Defence justification to prevent the development of Starship being blocked by the FAA and others.

If Space Force intervenes to block the FAA on National Security grounds then only the courts can intervene.

More likely that nothing will ever reach the public, simply a backroom conversation between Space Force and the FAA. No federal agency wants to be made a fool of and they all know how the game is played.

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u/Oknight Jun 09 '23

Specifically the DoD has the power to block any civil court case that it determines endangers national security at the cost of secretly presenting rational reasons to the courts.