SpaceX’s Starship Still Needs Fish and Wildlife Review to Start

US Fish and Wildlife officials have yet to begin a formal review of SpaceX’s upgrades following Starship’s April explosion, which could push back the next launch window for Elon Musk’s space company by months.

The agency still needs to review SpaceX’s plans to operate a water deluge system during the next launch of its Starship rocket — a process that could take anywhere from 30 to 135 days, the FWS said in an email to Bloomberg News on Monday.

SpaceX Starship under construction near Boca Chica, Texas.

Photographer: Austin Barnard/Bloomberg

However, that review process has yet to formally begin, the FWS said, which could further delay SpaceX’s plans ...