SpaceX Launch Was Hastily Approved, Suit Against FAA Says (1)

The test launch of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket triggered a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration by a coalition of environmental groups and a Native American tribe, which says the agency was too quick to approve a southern Texas launch site near a sensitive wildlife area.

The FAA, which regulates the launches of commercial rockets, should pull SpaceX’s license and not issue a new one until the agency conducts a thorough environmental review, according to the complaint, filed Monday in federal court in Washington, DC.

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