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> The point is it will never achieve anything if it keeps getting delayed by the FAA.

If Elon didn't want things to be delayed so bad by the FAA maybe he shouldn't have launched on 4/20 for the lulz without adequate launch site infrastructure for such a launch.

The FAA shouldn't let them launch until SpaceX has proven they've done the work and have done their best to mitigate these issues going forward - both the actual consequences and the decision processes that led to them. From what I remember the FAA basically rubber stamped SpaceX's incident report (or whatever it was called) that the Internet reported as being from the FAA itself.

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Yes exactly, sure... if we ignore the fact that the launch on 4/17 was scrubbed and the 4/20 date just happened to be the next window and he made a joke about it.

As for the not adequate launch site infrastructure that had 0 to do with the date, they built the pad long before launch, expecting the fondag to handle the heat/pressure and it didn't work, they didn't suddenly build a pad throw it together and say we're launching cause 4/20 because LOL.

> If Elon didn't want things to be delayed so bad by the FAA maybe he shouldn't have launched on 4/20 for the lulz [..]

It's incredible that we live in a world where a statement like this has at least some veracity.

This isn't true, the original launch was set for 4/17 but was delayed due to an issue: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/elon-musk...

Pretty much everyone following the first orbital attempt closely for months could tell that the 3 days delay was just bullshit to appease Musk.

I was following starship from the time when was still called ITS or BFR.

> until SpaceX has proven they've done the work and have done their best to mitigate these issues going forward

I have great news for you, they have already done that!

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1700789411279966339 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cltnwVMcYgw

> both the actual consequences and the decision processes that led to them.

Forgive me if I'm not going to click on a Twitter link, but the YouTube video only covers site infrastructure. I see no evidence that Elon won't Elon again. 4/20 blaze it.

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