Esper said there is no simple answer when it comes to preventing civilian casualties.

A file photo of an earlier version of SpaceXs 397-foot-tall Super Heavy-Starship rocket on the companys Boca Chica.it will carry out rocket firings to slow down as if it was heading for a landing pad.

A successful flight test would mark a major milestone for both SpaceX and for NASA.which is spending billions for a variant of the Starship upper stage to carry Artemis astronauts from lunar orbit down to the surface of the moon.The Super Heavy also was equipped with a more robust electronic steering system to move.

The dark Starship upper stage sits atop the Super Heavy first stage booster.The Starship will loop around the planet and splash down north of Hawaii about 90 minutes after liftoff.

most powerful rocket ever built.

but SpaceX is not attempting recovery for this second test flight.Washington The Supreme Court Thursday declined to allow enforcement of a Florida law that prohibits children from attending drag shows.

At issue in the case is the Protection of Children Act.an issue that has grown in prominence among the GOP presidential field.

Ron DeSantis signed into law in May.arguing in a filing that the district courts decision inflicts irreparable harm on Florida and its children by purporting to erase from Floridas statute books a law designed to prevent the exposure of children to sexually explicit live performances.