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As much as I'd like to see another attempt... Good on the FAA.
That launch was dangerous. Huge chunks of concrete were projected up to 6.5 miles away from the launch site.
They either significantly miscalculated the expected damage to the launch pad, or knew and did it anyway. Both are pretty bad.
Knowing him, Musk is behind all the safety flaws of the last launch. The engineers were probably very aware of the issues, but Musk told them to go ahead because obviously he knows better.
And it's pissing me off because Starship itself is an innovative new idea but he's gonna end up driving it into the ground before it even has its first real mission. I've been waiting 35 years for somebody to attempt to go to Mars since I was 5, and I'd like to still see at least ONE human landing before I die.
Republicans have traditionally been the party of "regulation doesn't work, elect me and I can prove it to you".
Maybe Musk is just taking the logical counter-part to this "regulation doesn't work, put me in charge of a heavily regulated company and I can prove it to you".