Comments on: FAA issues revised launch window and flight restrictions for future Starship test flights https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/faa-issues-revised-launch-window-and-flight-restrictions-for-future-starship-test-flights/ Fri, 16 May 2025 21:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: GeorgeC https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/faa-issues-revised-launch-window-and-flight-restrictions-for-future-starship-test-flights/#comment-1587237 Fri, 16 May 2025 21:17:11 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=114122#comment-1587237 This is going to be the most exciting launch in a long time.

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/faa-issues-revised-launch-window-and-flight-restrictions-for-future-starship-test-flights/#comment-1587217 Fri, 16 May 2025 20:35:17 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=114122#comment-1587217 Wouldn’t the first stage already be returning to the launch pad or dropping to a landing barge before it reaches the air space over any land mass?

And wouldn’t the second stage be well into space by the time it gets over any land mass?

The only time it might hit any land mass is if it breaks up at exactly the wrong time. Ground control could blow it up before it gets over land or let it pass over before blowing it up. A RUD at exactly the wrong time is the only really dangerous thing.

Even air traffic would be safe after the second stage reaches orbital height.

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