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    2 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Typically, after a launch failure, a rocket will be sidelined for months while engineers and technicians comb over the available data and debris to identify a cause, perform tests, and institute a fix.

    However, according to multiple sources, SpaceX was ready to launch the Falcon 9 rocket as soon as late last week.

    SpaceX was confident enough in this determination to resume launches of the Falcon 9 rocket one week after the failure.

    To that end, a week ago on July 15, SpaceX submitted a request to the FAA to resume launching its Falcon 9 rocket while this investigation into the anomaly continues.

    So, as of today, SpaceX is waiting for a determination from the FAA as to whether it will be allowed to resume Falcon 9 launches less than two weeks after the failure occurred.

    There is still a slight possibility that the Polaris Dawn mission, led by commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman, could launch in early August.


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