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Let's talk about SpaceX Starbase FAA approval. · Elon Musk Podcast

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future. So, here we go. 206 likes.
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Here we go. I want to show you this as
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SpaceX ramps up activity. This is from Texas public radio.
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So this is the NPR of Texas, basically.
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A space. It's ramps up activity in the
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Rio Grande Valley, local concerns grow and I want to make
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sure that I get all the news out there for you guys because if
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some of the stuff isn't what we want to hear, that's okay.
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You don't always have to have the positive stuff, some of the
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stuff we have to think about it, you know.
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Like these are things you have to think about because you know
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the environment assessments coming out soon.
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We'll see what happens by 2:00 today and I'm just going to like
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I'm just going to go back over for you real quick.
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Like to show you where we are right now in this process.
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Right now, we are right here. We're in progress, right here,
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6:13 2022, this is a recap of what's been happening earlier,
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is said it was complete and then it went.
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Nope, we're still in progress, so somebody check that box and
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then uncheck that box. But here, Performance.gov
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issuance of finally, a complete date 613 2022.
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So 613 2022 issuance of the final EA and earlier.
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Joy. Roulette pointed out that the
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FAA will be releasing their information at 2:00 p.m. eastern
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time. That's about 16 minutes from
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now. So stay tuned for that.
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And then we'll go over all of that stuff as the time happen.
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So let's take a look at some stuff that happened before.
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And this could kind of tie in to the fááá's Peña.
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What is this programmatic? Environmental assessment, go to
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do, it's going to assess everything that happens at
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Starbase. This is a photo of pieces of
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debris seen in a National Wildlife Refuge.
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This is posted on Texas public radio by Jean belt.
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Blevins is the photo, and as you can see, giant chunks of me,
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Metal like giant chunks of metal people were walking around like
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Elon was walking around. This this debris at one point
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with his dog and showing you know showing SpaceX employees
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looking at all the debris and going like okay what can we do
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next? But this is debris.
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That's like Landing in a National Wildlife Refuge.
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If one of these chunks of metal were to hit an endangered
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species and kill off an endangered species.
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If there's only 105 of that endangered species left, that's
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104 as opposed to 105. So, think about that for a
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second. What is the?
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What is the Fe a take into consideration?
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It is things like this, it seems like this local activist in the
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Rio. Grande Valley are frustrated
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with Elon musk's SpaceX up operation, Boca Chica Texas in
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Brownsville and they're trying to block SpaceX from actually
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doing any of this stuff. So recently, the Sierra Club
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tried to Sue or is suing SpaceX foreclosing beaches nearby
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Highway for, right? So SpaceX closes down, highway
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for beach, access to Boca Chica Beach when they're doing testing
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and they sometimes they block miles of Road, they stopped
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traffic from going down to that beach at certain points during
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the day, when they're doing testing.
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What's up, Jeff Francis? How you doing?
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And this is a little bit earlier, March 5th 2022 to today
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the Sierra Club and and Carrizo. I'm just really bad with names
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so I this is not my not my strength here.
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Coma Crudo tribe of Texas, sorry about that, forget that horribly
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wrong. Join local Environmental Group
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save RGV and suing the Texas, General land office, Texas land,
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commissioner George P. Bush in Cameron County, for
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closing Boca Chica Beach for SpaceX operations.
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This is a whole different thing. Then the Peña but it's very
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similar. So the Peña the environmental
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assessment has to take these things into consideration as
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well. How is this going to affect?
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T', the the land that's kind of supposed to be open to the
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public. Every beach in Texas is a public
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beach and constitutionally in Texas, these beaches are
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guaranteed to the people, so restricting access to the public
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beaches. The fenders have done violates,
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the Texas Constitution in 2013, the legislature amended, the
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Texas open the beaches act to let Texas beach is closed for
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spaceflight operations in. Just five years later SpaceX
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build this. Massive rocket launching
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facility 1500 feet from water's edge of Boca Chica Beach.
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The 20,000 2013 statute changed conflicts with the States
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Constitution, which Texas voters are met in 2009, by 77%,
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majority to guarantee the right to free, and open access to
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beach to public beaches. So, Sierra Club is one of those
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organization organizations. That's kind of pushing back
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Again, SpaceX, at this point. So, Sierra Club is saying, hey,
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man, this is not cool. You're really close to this
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beach. There's endangered species on
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this beach. We want to use the beach to,
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there's tribes that use the beach, which walked down to the
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Rio Grande, which walk down to Rio.
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Grande River on the border Mexico and they do ceremonies
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there. So some of these people are
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saying, hey, we need to keep this open for us but we also
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need to keep this open. Open for the people that do
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their ceremonies on the beach, the consequences of Highway for
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Boca, Chica Beach or unconstitutional and have the
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effect of robbing local residents of a Sacred Space when
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they need it to commune to reflect to breathe and have a
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good time. So, I think the wording of this
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is a little bit weird. I still have dog hair from
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earlier. Then I hit my nose to commune.
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OK, that's understandable to reflect Okay, to breathe.
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We can breathe anywhere and to have a good time.
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So I understand that the breathe part, probably leave that out
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Boca Chica Beach was like, no, other was a wild place where we
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generous has a family spent our quality time.
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Dude, it is wild down there, too.
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By the way, Boca Chica Beach in the whole Starbase Ariel wild.
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What's up pretty? What's up Peggy?
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Fluff. Star says, if if it's closed for
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a few hours at a time, Sierra Club is out of luck, you know.
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And that's the thing that SpaceX has to worry.
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About is not just the FAA in the environmental stuff, but they
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have to worry about the people to.
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So somebody some organization like the Sierra Club which is
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pushing back against SpaceX, pushing back against the
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closures of Highway for if the FAA does approve the Peña today
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and if that all goes through in space, Sex is okay to launch.
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There might be lawsuits. Which is unfortunate.
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There might be lawsuits for years heading off SpaceX so like
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maybe possibly stopping SpaceX in their tracks as far as we're
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concerned, 10 minutes until the Peña.
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We get some information. I'm checking my emails,
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constantly furiously clicking and checking out the fááá's.
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Twitter account. They said 2:00, but there might
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be Might be some information a little bit earlier.
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So I'm going to keep my keep my eyes open one second here.
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Like it's got to make sure I have everything ready.
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go. Joey roulette from Reuters said,
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FAA will release at 2 p.m. Eastern today, the outcome of
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its environmental review. Whoo baby.
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So Joey please Talk about Joey here, Joey very respected.
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Technology writer, space writer spaceflight so release, 2:00
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p.m. today. So there's a few other things I
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want to talk about in the next like eight minutes before this
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happens. And hopefully we get it at
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exactly 2:00. Which would be really cool.
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Haven't seen you live for a while.
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I'm in rehab for broken. Tote three broken toes.
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Holy cow hoof Peggy. I feel you.
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I had a broken ankle or busted ankle so I feel the whole foot
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thing. I feel that my whole foot was
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like everything was falling down there so I feel your pain man.
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Hope you get better soon. Hope you heal up, hope you
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rehabilitate soon as possible. So this is what we're talking
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about before the beaches were closed Sierra Club.
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This is a thing that this is kind of stuff that the the FAA
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is talking about Sierra Club, a new environmental statement.
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Impact statement is needed. So, this is from the Sierra
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Club, as well. So they're kind of pushing back
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against SpaceX at this point. SpaceX is new plans, for Boca
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Chica mean, vastly greater environmental impacts and
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environmental impact study. This is for when SpaceX is going
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to build Starbase a little bit bigger than what it is right
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now. FAA must make that decision that
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SpaceX SpaceX was allowed to choose.
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This is a National Environmental Protection Agency requirement
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and is stated in fááá's. Only read own Regulations and
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Eis is more comprehensive and allows for more public input and
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participation. This also shows that, you know,
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that people will push back against a giant corporation.
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Like SpaceX is pretty big, you know, they work with government
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agencies, the Department of Defense, they work with NASA.
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They work with all government agencies, basically the FAA Etc,
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to send people to space, but also to send cargo to space.
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So the Apartment of Defense, cargo satellites spy satellites,
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things like that. They need to get FAA approval
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for launch and the environmental impact.
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Statements, environmental impact study, needs to happen again.
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According to Sierra Club, they need to do this again.
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SpaceX proposed to construct and operate.
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A power plant, liquefied natural gas, plant desalination plant, a
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solar farm. And they're just waiting on this
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stuff, too. So this, this isn't happening
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anytime soon, that we know, Love that they're going to be
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building more. Programmatic environmental
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assessment is an approach to avoid identifying cumulative,
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impacts and consequence. Consequently bypasses, the
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minimization in mitigate mitigation of intended and
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unintended consequences. The Peña also does not address.
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This is the part that that I'd be worried about does not
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address or include a launch failure.
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Analysis of potential impacts to propose l&g, export terminals at
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the Port of Brownsville This is something that we kind of have
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to think about to the port of Brownsville has hundreds of
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people there. They also have big ships.
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There, they have Riggs there. It's a huge facility that builds
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a lot of things and also ships things in and out of Brownsville
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in South Texas. So if this does Rudd and I'll
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show on the map earlier, where is this map here?
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We're right here, Boca Chica Beach.
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Port of Brownsville is right up here.
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Sort of This whole area right here.
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So, you have to go. Where is it here?
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There we go. Sorry my my map skills are
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horrible today. So Port of Brownsville Port
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Isabel right around here. Right?
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So debris was seen near is LeBlanc a park.
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When SpaceX rutted something. So the port of Brownsville, this
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whole area, right here could be impacted by Starship red.
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Port Isabel this whole area. But it's, you know, this is
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about 67 miles away. So in any sort of blast radius,
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you know, it's like just this just take a look at this can go
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around towards Massey's gun range somewhere around there.
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Rocket ranches real close to so rocket rocket ranches, probably.
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Okay, but anywhere in this sort of area, Let's just do it out
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like this area right here, maybe plus down into Mexico.
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Yeah, could possibly be, you know, so let's zoom out a little
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bit more. So probably like this area could
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be something that SpaceX should really worry about with a Rudd.
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So, something like that. So that's what they're worrying
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about as well at the FAA for this for this Peña.
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And we have about three minutes until all this happen.
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So, I'm, I'm getting ready. Hopefully we get.
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Okay, here we go. We go.
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Okay, check this out. Joey roulette, just broke the
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news. Check this out.
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Here we go. Joey roulette, just broke the
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news. Breaking, the FAA has concluded
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as environmental review into SpaceX Boca Chica, Texas
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Starship site finding no significant impact, but placing
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a number of conditions on the company.
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Full document is here. It includes more than 75 things
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SpaceX must do to mitigate the environmental impact for its
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plan to launch Starship in Boca Chica.
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Like I was saying earlier Here we go.
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Let's take a look at this. This is insane.
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This is cool. We got this 75 things, okay.
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Project updates and English executive summary of the final
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Peña. Let's do the executive summary
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first introduction. Oh my Lord, 43 Pages.
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Here we go, introduction. Let's get this over here.
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We did it. We did it.
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Reddit, go down a little bit. I'm just scrolling through this
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because the first time I'm seeing it and this is the first
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time you're seeing it as well. Probably.
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So 75 things. Let's see what they have to do.
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FAA published a draft Peña in 2021 for public review and
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comment the scope of which address the potential
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environmental impacts associated with SpaceX has proposed
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operations, as well as construction and additional
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support infrastructures. Is the conclusion of the Peña
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SpaceX me, the following changes to the proposal remove
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construction. Operation of the decel summation
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and natural, gas treatment pretreatment system.
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The coal-fired power plant SpaceX from remove this
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infrastructure from its proposal in response to public and agency
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comments and other developments removed.
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The program development phase in response to public and agency
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comments and other developments modify.
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The Raptor engine engine con configuration.
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Space X increase the strut. Thrust of the Raptor engine,
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therefore SpaceX had reduce the total number of engines.
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This change would not constitute any discernible changes in
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environmental impacts. So, this launch Site Area right
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here. As we see, we could talk.
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We're talking about this earlier, got my tinfoil hat on
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folks, Zara. Yep, purpose and need the fááá's
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authority with respect to Space. X is license, application is
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stated in PA blah blah blah. This can try to find these
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things public involvement scoping.
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Total 321 comments were received between December 22 2020 and
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January 2021. Concerns raised for commenters
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about the project. To proceed with all of its
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proposed, Starship super heavy operations of Association.
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Construction, SpaceX would require several environmental
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and Regulatory permits and approvals.
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In addition to the FES license or permit.
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The FAA has identified the following additional
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environmental permits and approvals for SpaceX proposal,
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but others may be required air emissions from applicable
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operations. Would be permitted by the Texas
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commission on Environmental Quality, Endangered Species Act
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in accordance. Vince was section 7 of The
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Endangered Species, Act the FAA conducted consultation with the
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Us official, but okay. So all the things from the FAA,
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the entire Endangered Species Act.
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These are all the things, the magnuson-stevens sufficient
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Conservatory, the coastal zone management Act, National
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Historic preservation act as part of the National Historic
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preservation, act section 106 consultation, the FAA determine,
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the proposed action would create an adverse effect on historic
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properties. That's what we were talking
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about earlier. So, let me take a look, let me
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show you this. This is a historic property
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right about here. This is a historic property.
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Right here. This is this is a monument to I
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believe Fallen Soldiers of the Civil War.
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I'm not sure. Exactly.
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I used to park like right next to it.
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I never read the whole thing. Unfortunately, I never read it
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but I knew it was a historic marker, so SpaceX needs to
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probably do something that's because look at how close it is
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literally right there. So Clearwater act Clean Water.
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Act SpaceX is proposal includes filling Wetlands which requires
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a CWA section. 404 permit. Also a Texas, pollutant
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discharge elimination system permit, the equivalent to a
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national pollutant discharge elimination system permit is
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required for point source discharges from SpaceX
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facilities during construction or operation.
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So it looks like they have to get some more stuff done here on
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National Wildlife Refuge. System administration act, thank
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you for the new sub. Who do we got here?
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I can't read your name, I'm sorry.
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Zara Lockwood. Thanks for the new sub 2 and
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nearly all cop. Thanks so much for that to
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proposed action alternative. The final PA for the Starship,
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super every program was prepared by SpaceX under the supervision
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of the FAA. The FAA has an obligation
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consistent with 40 Bubba, Bubba, all these letters and words to
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independently evaluate and to take responsibility.
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For the concerns of the P. The contents of the PA
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subsequent to that independent evaluation.
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The Peña becomes a federal document supporting the federal
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action actually described in the analysis.
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Well, the fda's Authority Under the commercial space, launch Act
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only extends to launch activities.
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The Peña provides a broader analysis of the reasonably
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unforeseen, able activities proposed action, preferred
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alternative. SpaceX is proposed action, which
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is its preferred. Alternative is for the FAA to
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take a federal action to issue one or more experimental,
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permits, and or a vehicle operator license to SpaceX that
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would allow SpaceX to operate. It's super heavy launch vehicle,
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and is Boca Chica launch site in Cameron County, Texas, the
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federal action also includes the FAS issuance of temporary
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airspace closures, so don't fly their tfrs SpaceX has proposed a
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operations include launches originating from Site as well as
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Landings at this site, in the Gulf of Mexico or in the
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Pacific, Ocean off the coast of Kauai in this is for the orbital
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flight test to the orbital, flight test, the ship would
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launch off the coast of Kauai Hawaii SpaceX is goal, is to use
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super heavy for low earth, orbit, sun-synchronous orbit,
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geostationary transfer orbit and interplanetary missions for
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cargo as humans. Okay, I think these are the
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things that okay, there we go. So I'm just going to scroll down
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a little bit. Operations the Starship super
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heavy program includes tank tests.
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Pre flight operations suborbital launch has proposed annual
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operations Starship static fire engine test. 150 seconds
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operational limit. 135 second for the super heavy engine test,
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135 seconds, Starships suborbital flight day or night 5
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or operational limits. So the only have five per year.
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Flights from here. Sub orbital launches.
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Okay? Super heavy launch Five sub
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super heavy launches. Starship Landing land Landing
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10. Okay.
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So the suborbital launch and the super-heavy launch could equal
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10, super heavy land, Landing 5. Wow.
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Okay. Tank tests.
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Free flight operations. Okay, so let's see what they
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have because he said there's 75 things in there.
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So these are the access restriction areas.
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Four. Everything is purple is
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landowner and SpaceX Personnel, vertical launch area, which is
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over here on the right side. Blast damaged area is basically
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the same as the vertical launch area.
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SpaceX personnel, only is down here in the yellow.
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Okay, that's cool. No action.
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Alternative under the no action alternative.
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The FAA would not issue new experimental permits or licenses
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to SpaceX summary of environmental consequences.
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The following environmental impact categories were run page
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16 of 43. That's a lot.
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So here we go. Joy her.
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Let's see if he has anything else to say about this.
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Finding those that give significant impact but placing a
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number of conditions on the company.
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This is what I was talking about earlier.
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The proposed action has the potential to affect a total of
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17 historic properties, potential effects could result
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from visual auditory, or vibration effects other
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potential effects could result from increased visitation and
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use of the area due to spacex's presence.
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And for two properties potential effects for debris, associated
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with the anomaly with an anomaly, the FAA meaty finding
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of adverse effect for 17 historic properties because the
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effects could diminish, the Integrity of of the properties
26:40
which is one of the critical on the critical for listing on the
26:45
national register of historic places.
26:48
Let's see if what they've done is far as this right here and
26:54
see if they in progress. And let's we'll see if they did
26:58
complete or not. I'm going to check my email to
27:03
see if I got anything in the email about this, but nothing
27:07
quite yet. So there's there may be a
27:09
summary that's coming out via email, but nothing quite yet.
27:16
Let's see what the FAA says on their Twitter account to.
27:18
I'm just seeing if they post anything that is going to be
27:22
different than what we see here. Department of Transportation
27:29
Act. Construction of the proposed
27:31
infrastructure would not result in a permanent incorporation of
27:33
the of any section 4f property. Construction includes trenching
27:39
to install underground utilities.
27:41
I'm just trying to find the like what Joey was talking about with
27:46
the yeah, I think that's all the stuff right here.
27:50
He was talking about Water Resources biological resources.
27:56
Okay. Let's go back.
28:01
See if we can find something other than the executive summary
28:04
mitigation. I see this is probably what it
28:10
is. There were talking about the
28:12
mitigation summary Federal Aviation Administration,
28:15
prepared the attached final Peña to analyze potential
28:19
environmental, impacts PA was prepared in accordance with the
28:22
National Environmental Policy Act after reviewing and
28:27
analyzing all available data and information on existing
28:29
condition the potential impacts as well.
28:31
As the mitigation identified in the Peña which SpaceX must
28:35
implement. The FAA has a terminal And the
28:37
proposed action would not significantly affect the quality
28:40
of the human environment. Therefore, the preparation of
28:43
the environmental impact study is not required, and the FAA is
28:48
issuing. This mitigated finding of no
28:51
significant impact. So they got a Fonzie.
28:55
Nice, the FAA has made this determination in accordance with
28:58
applicable environmental laws. In FA registered regulations.
29:01
The Peña is incorporated by reference proposed action.
29:06
Feas what allows spaces to takes his proposed action, the
29:09
launching of Starships super-heavy from the Boca Chica,
29:15
The FAA is federal action is to issue an experimental permit,
29:21
and or vehicle, operator, license for SpaceX to allow its
29:25
launches there. Environmental impacts.
29:28
Okay, so this is the things that were before climate visual
29:31
effects, things like that. So we have to there's 40 pages
29:34
on this one. So we're just kind of like
29:36
skimming through everything. There will be another video Air
29:44
quality, periodic water spraying to control particulates, and
29:47
fugitive dust fugitive, dust bmps such as minimal idling of
29:52
engines, watering of soils, to be distributed in the use of low
29:55
volatility. Sorry, low volatility Coatings
29:59
combines with TCEQ is authorization under the oil and
30:02
standards gasps. These are all things that I'm
30:04
not super familiar with management of launch site.
30:09
Lighting exterior lights, used expressly for safety or security
30:13
purposes. Is limited to the minimum number
30:15
and the configuration required. To achieve their fundamental,
30:17
their functional roles Historical architecture, egg
30:23
archaeological, and cultural resources.
30:27
So, these are some of the things that they have to Go through, I
30:32
believe preparing a historical context report of the historic
30:36
events and activities in the Mexican War and the Civil War
30:38
that took place in the geographic area associated with
30:41
and including the area of potential effects funding.
30:44
The development of production of five interpretive signs in
30:47
English and Spanish that describe the history and
30:49
significance of historic properties.
30:51
In the a PE funding educational, Outreach to the public about the
30:56
Region's cultural heritage documenting the landscape.
30:59
This is cool, actually. So they Don't lose their
31:02
Heritage. You know, they don't lose the
31:03
the history while they're implementing the future
31:06
implementing measures to reduce noise levels generated by the
31:09
construction equipment conduct. So that's one of those things
31:14
are they going to build more walls around this thing?
31:16
Because that would mitigate noise a lot that noise instead
31:19
of going out towards where people would go to these places.
31:23
If there are walls all around it, the noise would go up up and
31:26
then out so people wouldn't hear it as much replicating in a
31:29
stalling, the missing stars and wreaths On the Palmetto pilings.
31:34
Historical marker. I don't know what that is, but
31:37
that's kind of, that's very specific.
31:39
But Department of Transportation Act SpaceX would restore the
31:44
sh4. Row2 pre disturbance conditions,
31:48
the event of an anomaly SpaceX would notify tpwd.
31:59
Foggy, anomaly SpaceX will release the access to
32:01
re-release, the access restriction area.
32:04
West of the all hard checkpoint to all allow visitors to
32:08
continue to access the NHL and NWR while a nominee.
32:12
Anomaly response actions are taken.
32:14
Oh, wow. SpaceX would keep the Allheart
32:18
checkpoint in place to protect Public Safety.
32:23
SpaceX are qualified contractor would conduct debris removal in
32:26
accordance with a method of determined.
32:28
Okay? SpaceX would issue notifications
32:31
prior to a plan to access restriction and accordance.
32:34
Okay SpaceX, will implement, the following measures to limit
32:36
access restrictions. No State Highway for Access
32:40
restrictions on the following days Memorial Day.
32:43
Labor Day, July 4th, Martin Luther King Day.
32:47
Presidents, Day Texas, Independence Day.
32:50
Cesar Chavez Day. Emancipation day in Texas also
32:53
were to referred to as Juneteenth Veterans Day, Good
32:57
Friday, Easter Father's Day Mother's Day Thanksgiving Day
33:00
Christmas Day, New Year's Day holidays, where any of the
33:04
holidays Falls? Usually on a Monday or Friday,
33:06
know we can access restrictions as defined in 90.
33:10
Wow, okay, so there's some stuff pretty.
33:12
Thank you so much for becoming a member again.
33:15
What do you do? Cosmos crew, thank you for the
33:18
upgrade. Let's let's get you some
33:20
Starships. Wow, thank you so much.
33:22
I've been too busy reading this stuff.
33:26
So let me get you in here. Let me get you some Starships.
33:29
Did you have any we should? There's no Starships for you
33:34
pretty. I'm sorry, you didn't get any
33:36
Starships. Approved.
33:40
But with mitigation circumstances we're going to
33:45
we're going to wait on the fááá's actual wording of all
33:51
this stuff though. It looks like SpaceX has a lot
33:54
so Julia roulette no significant impacts that they got the Fonzie
33:59
by placing a number of conditions on the company so
34:02
they can do this as long as they do these things, right?
34:05
So for any state highway for Road access restriction, SpaceX
34:09
will request at least 40 hours prior to the start of the
34:11
access. Restriction, period, the Cameron
34:13
County Commissioners Court implement the access restriction
34:17
SpaceX would Implement measures identified in the section 106,
34:20
PA historical architectural archaeological and cultural
34:26
resources SpaceX would implement, the Lig lighting
34:29
mitigation measures. 36 would collaborate with the wildlife us
34:38
FWS, for wildlife observation and interpretation and
34:42
photography objectives for the area as well as NHL priorities.
34:49
For a safe, pull off on Highway 4, very cool east of the first
34:53
public hard checkpoint in other roads adjacent so people can go
34:56
there and hang out as well. Coordination with SpaceX Basics
35:00
will construct a wildlife viewing platform.
35:03
This is cool and Associated signage, the signage will
35:06
address the resident Wildlife, NHL, and the SpaceX launch site.
35:10
That's pretty cool. That's pretty cool actually.
35:14
That's, that's kind of needed because down there, there's
35:16
like, literally nothing there is going to change.
35:18
Change the place little bit provide enhanced settling
35:21
monitoring via solar powered, starlink what the government's
35:26
like, hey, you star like man, for remote Wildlife viewing
35:29
opportunities. The enhanced satellite
35:31
monitoring will provide at location to be determined by the
35:34
usfws fish and wildlife service participating, Wildlife
35:40
photography introduction into instruction.
35:44
Opportunities on site. This is kind of weird but also
35:49
pretty cool SpaceX. Will provide the app in this is
35:52
like you can't just build your launch site here.
35:55
You have to make sure that people know about this Wildlife
35:59
stuff and maybe this is the way that the FAA is like in the
36:03
environmental groups are like look man if you're going to bust
36:06
up this place down here, we have to make sure that people still
36:10
realize that things are available but these birds are
36:12
available and the other in vain an endangered species are
36:14
available. Space will provide the
36:19
opportunity for wildlife photographers to instruct the
36:21
public during the monthly Beach cleanups and or provide Wildlife
36:25
photography information and instructions at the wildlife
36:28
viewing platform. That's cool man.
36:32
I think it's looking good. I mean these so the other thing
36:36
is will they will they approve this before?
36:42
All the stuff is done. You know, is this?
36:45
We're gonna have to wait to see. They saw no one no impact so
36:50
far. Thank you so much for that.
36:51
New sub. Who we got here?
36:55
Andrew Hamlet. Thank you so much Preeti.
36:57
Thank you again, for becoming a part of the cosmos crew,
37:00
becoming a member of the channel is a huge, huge deal.
37:03
Because it shows that you support the channel in the,
37:06
you're a huge part of it, but also, you're helping fund, you
37:10
know the next generation of space flight content here on
37:16
YouTube. So thank you so much for that.
37:17
Pretty, you are amazing. So yeah, we're all we're all
37:22
good. Thank you.
37:23
Thank you, thank you. Q SpaceX would collaborate with
37:26
the United States. Fish and wildlife service has to
37:29
meet Environmental Education objectives to accomplish.
37:34
This goal SpaceX will provide on-site science, Technology and
37:38
Engineering, and math based learning opportunities on-site
37:43
at Starbase SpaceX, will host regular site.
37:47
Tours and one annual educational event for students in the
37:50
Brownsville Independent School District.
37:53
Wow, that's really cool man. An on the site.
37:55
Tourist SpaceX will educate the students on the sensitive
37:58
resources and habitats running the SpaceX facilities.
38:01
So cool SpaceX would Court. You see them in there all the
38:04
time. Jeff Francis.
38:05
Thank you so much for becoming a member of the channel.
38:07
You get a thing. Oh you didn't.
38:08
There's no starships that I got a set that up there, just a
38:13
quick text thing. I got to set up some Starships
38:16
for that when people who come members, it's got to be a big
38:18
deal. Jeff.
38:19
Thank you so much. Pretty.
38:20
Thank you so much for becoming part of the cosmos crew before
38:23
becoming members of the channel. Thank you.
38:26
Thank you. Thank you.
38:28
Yeah, this is so cool about the Brownsville Independent School
38:31
District. Like, that's so rad man.
38:35
At the end of all educational. Event SpaceX will invite UF,
38:38
usfws, tpwd, and NPS to speak for the importance of studying
38:43
the life and physical sciences. That's neat.
38:46
Okay, Water, Resources, the there's a lot of these L.joe
38:52
Flats including grooming of tracks with the use of hand
38:55
tools, and Ambience oils to prevent further impacts.
38:59
Wow. Okay, so this is like a cleanup
39:02
thing SpaceX would Implement its spcc.
39:05
Plan to minimize the potential for accidental, releases of
39:08
polluting substances Basics, would develop appropriate
39:12
sampling, protocols and water quality criteria in coordination
39:16
with the TCEQ. SpaceX would adhere to proper
39:21
marine Vessel operating procedures and use of
39:24
appropriate beep and peas in the event of a recovery operation
39:26
discharger spill. So if they go out to the gulf
39:30
and you know if they go out to the gulf and they have to
39:35
recover a vessel and recover a booster, something or pieces of
39:39
a booster, they have to make sure that's clean as well.
39:46
So they accept it, then they have to mitigate this stuff.
39:49
I think, you know, restoration measures regarding any adverse
39:55
impacts to landforms including monitoring.
39:57
I'm going to see if we got anything from the FAA yet and
40:00
our emails because should? I mean, it's released but they
40:07
might not have an email ready for it yet.
40:09
Construction measures biological resources including Fish
40:12
Wildlife and plants. I'm just looking for big big
40:19
things here. SpaceX will make an annual
40:22
contribution of five thousand dollars to the Peregrine fund
40:26
within three months of the issuance of the bo SpaceX will
40:30
make an annual contribution of five thousand dollars to the
40:34
Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge adopt
40:39
an ocelot program within three months.
40:44
March 1 of each year, therefore for the duration of the bo
40:47
funds, only the programmer intended to pay for wildlife,
40:49
guzzlers camera trapping sets, special events to raise
40:53
awareness. About the ocelot important
40:55
supplies that allow biologists to monitor, oscillate dispersal
40:59
behavior and habitat. So they have to donate a little
41:02
bit of money to, that's, that's cool.
41:04
You know, it's not just about keeping the environment the
41:07
environment clean. It's about like, you know,
41:11
helping out and keeping these species alive.
41:14
Of to SpaceX will operate an employee shuttle between
41:20
Brownsville in the project site in between parking areas.
41:22
So they already do a shuttle between Brownsville in the
41:24
production site between parking areas and llcc and the vla to
41:30
reduce the number of project related Vehicles traveling to
41:32
and from the project site SpaceX will encourage employees.
41:35
To use the shuttle by providing information on shuttle operation
41:38
and new hire onboarding. Okay?
41:40
That's cool though. Like maybe they're going to have
41:41
to do like an actual like something bigger because I know
41:45
they have like us like a shuttle.
41:48
Probably that fits 10 people, maybe 15 people.
41:51
At this point, it's basic will update this lighting management
41:54
plan to account for SpaceX Superior Starship, super heavy
41:57
launches and related infrastructure.
42:04
SpaceX will continue Contracting a qualified biologists to
42:07
conduct pre and post launch biological monitoring vegetation
42:10
and birds monitoring monitoring will be conducted within one
42:14
mile of the vla up to a week before the Starship super heavy
42:17
launch and the day after the launch.
42:19
So they have to be there. Held accountable for these
42:22
things SpaceX will continue to collaborate with sea turtle ink
42:25
by supplying and storing field equipment, and to provide sea
42:27
turtles, survey data, data environmental, worker
42:31
educational, SpaceX will develop environmental or educational,
42:35
training materials, anomaly measures.
42:43
Let's see. Okay here we go.
42:48
SpaceX will construct a barrier along the northern boundary of
42:51
the vla to assist in keeping debris from entering the NWR.
42:55
So the northern border Vehicle launch area here to assist in
43:02
keeping debris, from entering the NWR.
43:05
Let's see, where this is going to be the northern Area here.
43:15
So this is heading east, so the northern border so they're going
43:18
to put a barrier up right there may be on the other side of the
43:22
road I don't know. It's either going to be on the
43:25
other side of the road like around this area right here.
43:30
Right here. Or they're going to put a
43:33
barrier up along this, which, would significantly impact live
43:39
streamers, like, anybody that's streaming there.
43:42
Now, like this fence is, is kind of a pain in the butt right
43:45
here, the film through, but if they put up a big wall right
43:50
here, that's going to be huge. Like No One's Gonna Be able to
43:53
stream from the side of the road anymore.
43:55
I mean, you can stream from down here still, but if they put it
43:59
on this side, all the live streamers are going to go.
44:02
Away. I mean you can stream from here,
44:04
too, but the signal, I mean, unless you have starlink like
44:09
some people do or like down here.
44:10
You can kind of you can kind of stream from down here too, but
44:15
Yeah, anybody that Parks across the street here and has a camera
44:17
right there, like your kind of kind of messed at that point,
44:22
but if they do it across the street, that would be okay for
44:26
that kind of thing. So, all right.
44:29
Oh my God, these people are spamming.
44:34
Cheese people cheese. Chris S says well how are you
44:42
doing sir? I am doing great.
44:45
Thank you. I'm this whole it's all stream.
44:49
We've been waiting for like two and a half hours for this thing
44:51
to happen. So my voice is getting a little
44:55
bit sore but other than that get a little horse.
44:58
That's okay though. SpaceX are 18 to Q KF T W6
45:07
Basics already. Made a significant donation to
45:09
the sea turtle ink. So, sea turtle Inked during the
45:12
deep freeze. A while back, yeas are Zahra.
45:17
I agree with you. Yeah, we don't need those, we
45:21
don't need that crap. So I banned them.
45:27
Let's see here. What else we got going on and
45:28
chat? I guess other space agencies.
45:31
Get the place approved first, and then set up a space launch
45:33
base. They're usually they do pretty
45:36
yeah. Usually they, they have the plan
45:38
in place and they say these are the things that we're going to
45:40
do and then they get environmental approval.
45:45
They don't discount. I mean they they may start like
45:47
small operations there but SpaceX just kind of built stuff
45:51
and where's this like you know, we're going to make it.
45:54
We're going to launch Falcon 9's from here and super heaviest.
45:56
Here or Falcon heavy is from here and then they kind of
46:00
change their mind to a super heavy.
46:02
So when they did that, the FAA kind of stepped in and, you
46:05
know, kind of kind of didn't environmental assessment for
46:09
this stuff. So, still waiting on the FAA at
46:12
this point. Yeah, so there's mitigation
46:25
happening. This other things to SpaceX will
46:29
conduct this. Okay, is there, were you, what
46:32
can I write with the Texas d.o.t. to help ensure that this,
46:34
the shoulders of sh for East of the first public hard checkpoint
46:38
are maintained by regular mowing?
46:40
Oh, that's kind of neat and trim me to keep vegetation shorter
46:43
than 12 inches SpaceX. Will notify Department of
46:47
Transportation that maintenance may be warranted.
46:49
When vegetation our data cryogenic testing and other
46:52
pressure tanks used under. The proposed action will be
46:54
tethered by cables when practical practical Kabbalah to
47:02
the vla site to help prevent debris from leaving the vla.
47:05
This measure will minimize the extant index.
47:07
Severity of habitat modification for piping, plovers and red
47:12
knots. So anything that's going to blow
47:14
up as to be tied down. Nighttime light levels on the
47:19
beach, with, in 1.5 miles, implement the Water Resource
47:22
mitigation. Let's see.
47:26
This is a huge document. I'm going to link this and chat
47:29
to be honest with you guys because it is a huge, huge
47:32
document. Land use SpaceX with notifying
47:39
coordinate with the oil and gas operators prior to any launch
47:41
including Landing hazardous waste materials.
47:51
Finding a decision that if a decision is as medicated Fonzie
47:56
is based on a comparative and examination of environment
48:00
impacts for each of the alternative studied during their
48:02
the environmental review process, the Peña disclosed the
48:05
potential environmental impacts for each of the Alternatives and
48:09
provides a full and fair discussion of those impacts.
48:20
If a blue is the proposed action, best fulfills a the
48:22
purpose and need identified in the PA in contrast.
48:24
The no action alternative fails to meet the purpose and need
48:28
identified in the Peña. The FAA has determined that the
48:30
proposed action is reasonable feasible, practical, practicable
48:35
and prudent. Alternative for the federal
48:38
decision in light of the established goals and
48:41
objectives. Okay?
48:46
The undersigned finds that the proposed Federal action is
48:47
consistent in existing with existing existing National
48:52
Environmental policies and objectives as set forth in
48:55
section 101. Okay, so that being said, a
49:00
determination of their 14. CFR part 450s to spacex's
49:04
application from vehicle, operator, license.
49:07
The undersigned hereby directs that action be taken together
49:09
with the necessary related and collaborate collateral actions
49:12
to carry out the agency decisions.
49:14
As related in the medication, I'm going to get it Fonzie Rod,
49:17
including a determination under 14, CFR part 450.
49:21
As to SpaceX is application for vehicle, operator license so
49:25
they still have to get a license to fly.
49:26
Basically I believe that's what that means.
49:29
Holy cow. That's so much.
49:32
That's so much stuff. So I'm going to send a link to
49:37
you guys about this stuff because I got to go and if you
49:42
go get some more Work done. Actually, I got to take off for
49:45
a little bit so I will send this to you.
49:54
There you go. In chat.
49:55
Take a look at that link. It's big, it's big.
49:59
That's what I was just reading off here.
50:01
It's 40 pages of this stuff and here if you go to this page, so
50:08
any this page to go to Starship shirts.com to bias by a Starship
50:13
t-shirt, by the way, should be awesome.
50:19
There you go. So, thank you everybody for
50:23
hanging out for these couple hours.
50:25
Thanks. Jeff, thanks pretty for the, for
50:30
the new memberships by the way. Cosmos crew.
50:33
Jeff Cosmos crew pretty. There you go.
50:37
There you go. We got it.
50:39
Thank you so much for that. I appreciate you.
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We talk about this stuff, we have a discussion about this
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help throughout the time we're here.
50:57
So, thanks for all the new substitute, guys.
50:59
Appreciate it. Let's see if we're past the
51:02
88,000. Oh yeah.
51:04
Eighty-eight thousand. One hundred plus 183 Pages, holy
51:09
cow. Yeah, there's so many, so many
51:11
things. So, there you go.
51:13
Read it all. If you want to, it's a lot, but
51:17
we got to find Z. So that's a, that's a positive
51:19
thing. Thank you, everybody.
51:20
I'm out of here for now. Take care of yourselves and each
51:22
other and I'll see you. Where do we have the end screen?
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I got a scroll down for the uncertain.
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I don't know why. I don't have a right to the top
51:29
ending screen. There we go.
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These are some people that have helped us out along the way as
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I'll update this list this week because there's more people.
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Now, there's more contributors. So thank you so much everybody
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