LC-49 map
A map from the Kennedy Space Center's master plan showing the location of the proposed Launch Complex 49. The center is starting an environmental review of a proposal by SpaceX to build a Starship launch pad there. Credit: NASA/KSC

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is starting an environmental review of a proposed new launch facility there that would be used by SpaceX’s Starship launch system.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...