SpaceX said on Thursday its debris
recovery efforts after last week’s Starship explosion have been
hindered and it has sought cooperation from Mexico, whose
president has raised the possibility of legal action against the
company.
A massive Starship spacecraft by SpaceX exploded into a
dramatic fireball during testing in Texas last week, which Elon
Musk’s space firm attributed to a “major anomaly.”
The Starship rocket appeared to have experienced at least
two explosions in rapid succession, lighting up the night sky
and sending debris flying, according to video capturing the
moment it exploded.
“Despite SpaceX’s attempts to recover the anomaly related
debris, which is and remains the tangible property of SpaceX,
these attempts have been hindered by unauthorized parties
trespassing on private property,” the company said in a post on
social media platform X.
“We have requested local and federal assistance from the
government of Mexico in the recovery,” it said, adding that it
also has offered resources and assistance in the clean-up.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that her
administration is investigating the security and environmental
impact of the launch of rockets, particularly for the Mexican
state of Tamaulipas.
A general review is being conducted to determine what
international laws are being violated. “From there, we’ll start
a process, because there is indeed contamination,” Sheinbaum had
said during a morning press conference.
A Starship spacecraft exploded in space minutes after
lifting off from Texas in March, prompting the FAA to halt air
traffic in parts of Florida, in a setback for Musk’s Mars rocket
program.
In January, a Starship rocket broke up in space minutes
after launching from Texas, raining debris over Caribbean
islands and causing minor damage to a car in the Turks and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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