outerspace

  • SpaceX’s Flawed Starship Launch Just Got a U.S. Government Agency Sued

    SpaceX’s Flawed Starship Launch Just Got a U.S. Government Agency Sued

    The Federal Aviation Administration is facing a new lawsuit following SpaceX’s April 20 Starship launch. Conservation groups claim that the FAA rushed its approval of SpaceX’s expanded launch operations in Boca Chica, Texas, without adequate environmental review and without requiring sufficient mitigation efforts from the Elon Musk-owned spaceflight company.


  • Did NASA Forget How to Put People on the Moon?

    Did NASA Forget How to Put People on the Moon?

    NASA’s plodding, iterative approach to its Artemis program gives the distinct impression that it has somehow forgotten how to land humans on the Moon. A closer inspection uncovers the many reasons — whether justified or not — for why it’s taking NASA so long to return boots to those vaunted lunar grounds.