Public Scoping of the Environmental Assessment for the SpaceX Roberts Road Operations Area Expansion
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KSC Roberts Road Expansion Review
NASA-KSC is required to make decisions based on environmental factors over technical and economic factors, involve the public in its environmental analysis, document it in plain language, and find the least environmentally damaging ways to work.
New space race holds promise and environmental risks
The attributes that draw visitors to national parks and wildlife areas are the same things that commercial spaceports are looking for.
SpaceX Roberts Road Operational Area Expansion at the Kennedy Space Center
The purpose of SpaceX’s current proposal is to consolidate it’s Kennedy Space Center operations within a contiguous campus in order to increase operational capabilities, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
Space Launches Soar in Florida
Current launch events pale in comparison when viewing the total outline of test and launch activities about to unfold.
Commercial Space and Our National Treasures
The North Indian River Lagoon National Estuary including Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Canaveral National Seashore comprise the largest undeveloped coastal zone remaining on Florida’s East Coast. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the estuary’s largest shareholder, is quickly transforming into Cape Canaveral Spaceport, a state-run launch facility serving the commercial space industry. ● Should …
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Kennedy Space Center Mitigation Bank
KSC seeks authorization to establish, re-establish, enhance, and preserve and protect wetlands and uplands on three project sites totaling 134-acres.
NASA Conducts LC-49 Environmental Assessment
The proposed 175-acre Launch Complex LC-49 site would support the launch and landing of the SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy vehicles.
Indian River Lagoon Roundtable Sends Introductory Letters to NASA Administrator Nelson and KSC Director Petro
September 5, 2021 – In an effort to open a more transparent discourse with NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, IRL Roundtable wrote introductory letters to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and KSC Director Janet Petro. In response, the environmental group received news of a new “KSC Indian River Lagoon Health Initiative Plan” and was introduced to Jeffrey …
IRL Round Table Call to Action
We have before us an opportunity to join together to form a symbiotic relationship between nature, and a newborn commercial space industry in its formative years.