“We’re Too Close to the Debris”

How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk

The FAA accepted that risk by authorizing SpaceX to test its experimental rocket over busy airspace.

Elon Musk's exploding rockets rain flaming debris on busy Caribbean flight paths

When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk chose a remote Texas outpost on the Gulf Coast to develop his company’s ambitious Starship, he put the 400-foot rocket on a collision course with the commercial airline industry.Each time SpaceX did a test run of Starship and its booster, dubbed Super Heavy, the megarocket’s flight path would take it soaring over busy Caribbean airspace before it reached the relative safety of the open Atlantic Ocean. The company planne…

We’re Too Close to the Debris

In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons by Heather Vogell and Agnel Philip, graphics by Lucas Waldron for ProPublica When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk chose a remote Texas outpost on the Gulf Coast to de…

“We’re Too Close to the Debris”

The FAA predicted Elon Musk’s Starship would cause “minor or minimal” disruption. Then the rockets exploded twice in three months over busy airspace. Flight data reveals how many planes scrambled to protect passengers and avoid burning debris.