The US wants to build offshore rocket launch sites. Critics say ‘our coasts deserve better’
via space.com
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The United States government is looking into launching commercial rockets from sea-based launch sites, but some ocean advocacy experts say the move is part of a larger trend of allowing the spaceflight industry to use the ocean as a dumping ground. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Tuesday (July 7) announced a […]