British officials reported in the US that they were concerned about the safety of SpaceX plans for the following stars over the British territories in the Caribbean, where the garbage fell earlier this year after two campaign missiles exploded, the propublica documents said.
The UK government’s concerns described in detail in a letter to the main American diplomat on Wednesday, follow the federal aviation administration’s decision last week to provide a SpaceX Spacex request Priority for SpaceX leader Elon MuskWhich is also one of the closest advisers to President Donald Trump.
British officials are particularly concerned about the security of the public in the British Virgin Islands, Agille and Turks and Kaikos – all this can fall under the flight of Starship 9.
After the explosion, in January, residents of Turks and Kaikos reported the search for pieces of rockets on the beaches and roads. The car was also damaged as a result of the Starship 7 accident. Seven weeks, having received a FAA blessing, to continue, Spacex launched Starship 8 from the Boko -chik, Texas, but it also exploded after lifting. The air movement in the region was distracted, and the burning lanes from the fall of the rocket were visible in the sky from the Bahamas and the Florida coast.
British letter to US State Department official, Ambassador Lisa Ken, asks the US to consider changing the launch or Starship trajectory. and economic economic territories.
The letter also asked the US government to provide more information about increasing security measures to be taken before launching Starship 9, and that the British territories will be given enough warnings to communicate with the public about these measures.
“We cooperate closely with the US government partners regarding the Starship 9 flight to protect the security of foreign territories and provide appropriate measures,” said the UK government’s press on Thursday in response to propublica questions about the letter.
The State Department did not respond to a comment.
SpaceX did not respond to a comment request. But the company stated that it was to study on its mistakes. “With such a test, success comes from what we find out, and today’s flight will help us to improve Starship’s reliability,” ” said the company After the Starship 8 accident. “We will conduct a thorough investigation into coordination with FAA and carry out corrective actions to improve future testing test.”
Musk – which sees the stroke in launch as a critical importance for the development of technology that could help land astronauts on the moon and eventually Mars – was less diplomatic.
It humiliated the January blast as “Barely blow on the road“And it seemed Location of video about the flaming field Signature “Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed!”
SpaceX has not announced the launch date of Starship 9 but News reports They said it could happen on May 21. However, the last blast is still under investigation.
In response to questions to the story, FAA stated that “closely cooperates with our international partners to mitigate the risk for public safety to launch Licessed FAA. We are in close contact and cooperation with the United Kingdom and Turks and Kaikos, as well as other regional partners to be assess Starship Starshing 9 launch. “
The FAA Commercial Space Transport Office, which is licensed and re -experienced. The three main executives, including the head of the office, announced in April that they are accepting proposals for a voluntary ward.
Musk leads efforts to reduce the federal government through the trips of thousands of federal workers. Critics say it has a conflict of interest because its business is regulated by agencies such as FAA and relies on their approval.
In February, Musk said in February that “I will deny myself if it’s a conflict“White House press secretary Harrison Fields said on Thursday that” all administration officials will fulfill the requirements for the conflict of interest. “
Last year, FAA offered $ 633,000 fines Against SpaceX for violations associated with two preliminary launches. Musk, in turn, accused FAA of joining the “offense” and threatened to sue “regulatory work”. The administrative case remains open.
The number of missile launches has increased dramatically in recent years, the leading pilots and scientists who warn of the increasing danger in the air for flights that have only minutes to get out of damage, if the unhappy – as the explosions and other failures in the branch department occur.
Researchers from the University of British Colombia found in A study published in January The fact that the risk objects representing planes grow. They said that the likelihood of “uncontrolled re-introduction” reaches 26% for some large, occupied airspace, such as in the northeastern US, in Northern Europe or near major cities in the Asia-Pacific region.
In January, a major pilot of the plane said that in January, Star Ship 7 raised additional concern about whether the FAA is a proper separation separation from the flights of airlines, “the letter sent the day after the rocket exploded.
“The FAA air traffic control ability to respond to an unforeseen missile anomaly in a timely manner must be further assessed,” the Air Line Pilot Association, which represents 79,000 pilots in 42 US and Canadian airlines, said. It was asked that the crews of the flight were given additional information about the high -risk zones before launching so that they can “make an informed and timely decision about their need to potentially reject flights that direct their aircraft under the trajectories of space vehicles.”
In response, FAA stated that to review its processes to find out if you can do more to prepare flight crews before launching.
Captain Jason Ambrose, a union president, said propublica in a statement that changes were needed. “Any risk of safety, which is a commercial airline, is inadmissible.”
