Elon Musk’s SpaceX wins environmental nod for Starship rocket launch

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has received environment clearance from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for developing and testing its giant Starship rocket launch vehicle in Texas.

The review, known as a programmatic environmental assessment (PEA), which gauged the environmental impacts of SpaceX’s Starbase site, concluded that the company’s plans would not result in significant impacts to the environment.

The FAA’s assessment of SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, concluded that SpaceX’s plans would not result in significant impacts to the environment.

It has, however, asked SpaceX to make more than 75 changes to its proposal for the Starbase facility to mitigate environmental impacts from its proposed plan.