SpaceX 'flame deflector' system for Starship launches may breach environmental regulations, report says
The water used for the flame detector may contain pollutants that could enter ecosystems around SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy launch site, including those in the Gulf of Mexico.
A representative for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality told CNBC that as of Thursday SpaceX hadn't obtained the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit needed to permit such runoff at the launch site. "No determination" about whether SpaceX had broken environmental law had been made, the representative added.The company didn't provide a comment to CNBC or immediately respond to a request from Insider, made outside normal working hours. The Texas commission didn't immediately respond to Insider either.
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