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Glen,
I follow most of the YouTube channels every week or so watching Space X progress both at Boca Chica and the Cape.
In July 2018 , my wife and I spent 3 days touring the KSC and Cape Canaveral Air Force precinct and back then the only signs of Space X activity was a small hanger (30m x 20m ) on the road out to Pad 39A.
Fast forward 3 to 4 years later and in a few months time they will have almost completed a full Starship launch facility.
The rate of progress from this private company is absolutely staggering.
One question I still can’t get my head around , the Saturn 5 produced 7.6 million pounds of thrust during launch, spectators were nearly 4 miles away and and felt their bodies and the ground shake like an earthquake, apparently the shock waves from the launch also killed most of the fish in the Banana river nearby not to mention other wildlife in the area.
An orbital Starship will produce nearly 17 million pounds of thrust at liftoff and it’s only located a few miles from Pad 39A.
Q: How on earth is the FAA going to approve a Starship launch at the Cape ???
Comments welcome
Cheers
Martin
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