US Air Force suspends SpaceX rocket project
WASHINGTON: The US Air Force has suspended plans it had proposed with Elon Musk's SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, according to a report this week in Stars and Stripes, an independent publication of the US military. The suspension came after Reuters reported that biologists and experts said the project would harm many seabirds that nest at the wildlife refuge on the Johnston Atoll, an unincorporated US territory nearly 1,300 km southwest of Hawaii. The Air Force and SpaceX did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Air Force is exploring alternative locations for the programme.
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What an excuse.....All know Musk is paying price for so vocal on his thoughts and declaring new party Read allPost comment
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