FAA Denies Allegations of Lax SpaceX Launch Oversight

The FAA denied allegations brought by environmental groups that it should have done more study of the likely environmental effects of SpaceX launches on a section of rural Texas (see 2305010055). The FAA's answer filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (docket 23-cv-01204) contained no affirmative defenses, just denials of the plaintiffs' allegations. In a proposed answer, SpaceX as a proposed intervenor-defendant also point by point denied the allegations.