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SpaceX clears federal environmental hurdle

PRESS Staff Report The Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation released its favorable Environmental Impact Statement Wednesday, paving the way for Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) to launch commercial space flights from Boca Chica Beach if the company opts to develop a launch site there. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to …

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COUNTDOWN TO LIFTOFF: SpaceX awaits final impact study

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com SpaceX took a giant step forward last week as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFW) issued its final Biological and Conference Opinion on the commercial space flight proposal at Boca Chica Beach, finding that the project would not significantly jeopardize various area wildlife or their habitats. To read the rest …

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