FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket booster fails to land properly

Published: Aug 28, 2024 Duration: 00:02:39 Category: News & Politics

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FORCES TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE CAR IN OVIEDO TREASURE ROBERTS GETTING RESULTS. NEWS 6. >> MOVING ON OUT OF THAT ROCKET BOOSTER GOING UP IN FLAMES. NOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GROUNDING. ALL SPACEX LAUNCHES. THE SPACE COMPANY FORCED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG WITH ITS FALCON 9 BOOSTER EARLIER THIS MORNING BEFORE IT CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OTHER LAUNCHES. SATELLITES MADE IT INTO ORBIT. BUT THAT BOOSTER LANDING. IT WAS A BUST. NOW MANY ARE WONDERING WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE EVEN LARGER. POLARIS, DAWN MISSION DESIGNED TO SEND PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS ON A SPACE WALK HIGH ABOVE NEWS SIX'S TROY CAMPBELL INVESTIGATES. >> SO AFTER THE EXPLOSION OF TH A DRONE SHIP IN THE ATLANTIC, MANY ARE WONDERING IF IT WILL DELAY THE HISTORIC POLARIS. DAWN MISSION. SO WE BROUGHT THAT QUESTION TO THE BUT, YOU KNOW, DELAYS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME AND SPACE FLIGHT. I THINK THE PRUDENT KNOWS TO EXPECT THAT. >> I DON'T THINK THAT IN AND ITSELF IS A VERY BIG DEAL HAVING ON THEIR MIND. >> YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT MIGHT TAKE, RESOLVE ALL THIS IS ANYBODY'S CBS NEWS SPACE CONSULTANT BILL HARWOOD. >> SAYS AFTER THIS FALCON 9 ROCKET BOOSTER EXPLOSION, BOTH SPACEX AND THE FAA WELL WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THE EXACT CAUSE BEFORE ANOTHER LAUNCH FROM THE SAME SYSTEMS THAT CONTROL HOW >> FALCON 9 FIRST-STAGE CARRIES OUT ITS AUTOMATED LANDING. IT'S ALSO USED DURING THE LAUNCH IS TIED INTO LAUNCH. ABORT SYSTEM. THE SELF-DESTRUCT SYSTEM THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WHEN THE BOOSTERS FIND THAT THOSE SYSTEMS ARE WORKING NORMALLY AND POSE NO THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, HARWOOD SAYS AFTER NEARLY 270 BOOSTER LANDINGS. >> PEOPLE HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO THEM BEING SUCCESSFUL. PEOPLE THAT RUN OUTSIDE TO CATCH. EVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT IT AND NOW A TESTAMENT TO THE ROCKETS, RELIABILITY, DONE THIS HUNDREDS OF TIMES AND PEOPLE DON'T EVEN GO OUTSIDE THE LOOK ANYMORE. >> YOU KNOW, IT HAS BECOME COMMONPLACE. IT'S BECOME ROUTINE. AND OF COURSE, THE ONE THING WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS LIGHTS, IT'S NEVER ROUTINE WHEN IT COMES TO LAUNCHING ROCKETS. THE FAA SAYS AN INVESTIGATION IS DESIGNED TO FURTHER ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE EVENT. >> AND IDENTIFY CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO AVOID IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN AND THAT IT WILL BE INVOLVED IN EVERY STEP OF THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS AND MUST APPROVE SPACE-X'S FINAL REPORT, INCLUDING ANY CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. YOU KNOW, THE GOING WANT TO MAKE SURE SYSTEMS ARE WORKING PROPERLY. >> BEFORE THEIR CARE, THE ROCKETS TO FLY AGAIN. AND THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, THE POLARIS, DAWN MISSION THAT WE'RE ALL WAITING TO SEE A FLY COMMERCIAL FLIGHT WITH THAT FIRST NON-GOVERNMENT SPACE. WALK ON THE FAA HASN'T SAID HOW LONG THE INVESTIGATION

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