FAA may grant SpaceX Starship launch license by end of October

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said that it is "optimistic" that it could grant SpaceX a launch license for its Starship rocket by the end of October. SpaceX has been working on Starship for several years, and it is designed to be the most powerful rocket ever built. Starship is intended to carry humans and cargo to the Moon, Mars, and other destinations in the solar system. The FAA has been conducting a safety review of Starship, and it has issued a number of corrective actions that SpaceX needs to take before the FAA will grant a launch license. SpaceX has said that it has completed and documented 57 of the 63 corrective actions. The FAA is also conducting an environmental review of Starship. The FAA has said that it expects to complete the environmental review by the end of September. If the FAA grants a launch license for Starship, SpaceX could begin test flights later this year. However, it is important to note that the FAA could still withhold the launch license if it has any concerns about safety or environmental impact. A launch license for Starship would be a major milestone for SpaceX. It would allow SpaceX to begin testing its new rocket and to move closer to its goal of sending humans to Mars. It is important to note that the FAA's timeline for granting a launch license for Starship is just an estimate. There is always a possibility that the FAA could discover new safety concerns or environmental issues that could delay the launch license. However, if the FAA does grant a launch license for Starship by the end of October, it would be a significant achievement for SpaceX and for the space industry as a whole.