IRL Round Table is a grassroots environmental discussion group that unifies the voice of all Indian River Lagoon citizens.
“We are all citizens of planet Earth. We all have the responsibility of taking care of our homeland and our homeland is the planet.” Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator
IRL Round Table Blog
- SpaceX has begun work on SLC 37 without a finalized EIS.
SpaceX has begun work on SLC 37 without a finalized EIS. “All this is happening while the SpaceX Super Heavy Environmental Impact Statement is in draft form and open for public comment. There are huge potential impacts that are already happening in Texas. I’m a big proponent of space exploration but fear there are many …Continue reading “SpaceX has begun work on SLC 37 without a finalized EIS.”
- Comment on Starship-SH Canaveral SLC-37 EIS
Submit your Public Comments on the Starship Super Heavy Environmental Impact Statement for SLC 37 at CCSFS by July 28, 2025. - Starship-SH Cape Canaveral Environmental Impact StatementThe Air Force is preparing the SpaceX Starship-SH Cape Canaveral Environmental Impact Statement to support the redevelopment of SLC 37.
- Indian River Lagoon Stormwater Management
The Nature Conservancy has undertaken a five year IRL Smart Watershed Network Management Pilot
Commercial Space and Our National Treasures
Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the IRL estuary’s largest shareholder, is quickly transforming into Cape Canaveral Spaceport, a state run launch facility serving the commercial space industry.
“We’re only seeing the first steps in major developments at the spaceport and are seeking to minimize the impacts and maximize the science information while supporting a growing spaceport embedded in a large wildlife refuge.”
Dr. Al Koller
Oct 3, 2023
IRL Round Table Call to Action
We are, at this minute, creating a Spaceport Environmental Model that the world will follow when constructing future spaceports.