THE NEW YORK TIMES IS REPORTING SPACE X’S STARSHIP’S SONIC BOOM CREATES RISK OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN NEARBY COMMUNITIES –
BUT SPACE X OWNER ELON MUSK IS ALREADY REFUTING THE REPORT’S CLAIMS.
ACOUSTICS ENGINEER “KENT GEE” CONDUCTED A SOUND TEST –
AND FOUND THAT NOISE RECORDED SIX MILES FROM SPACE X’S SOUTH TEXAS LAUNCH SITE – WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF STANDING 200 FEET FROM A BOEING 747 PLANE DURING TAKE OFF.
THE STARSHIP – AS TALL AS A 30-STORY BUILDING –
IS THE LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL ROCKET EVER CONSTRUCTED.
THE DATA WAS BASED OFF A STARSHIP TEST FLIGHT LAST MONTH –
TESTING THE “SOUND AND AIR PRESSURE” IT GENERATED.
THE LOUDEST PORTION OF THE TEST FLIGHT CAME NOT DURING TAKEOFF –
BUT 6 AND A HALF MINUTES LATER – BY “THE SONIC BOOM.”
COMING IN AT ABOUT 125 DECIBELS – THE EQUIVALENT OF A GUNSHOT AT CLOSE RANGE ACCORDING TO THE TIMES REPORT.
THE DATA SUGGESTS THAT WHEN THAT SONIC BOOM HIT THE COMMUNITY OF PORT ISABEL TEXAS, SIX MILES FROM THE SITE –
IT CREATED WHAT’S CALLED “AN OVERPRESSURE EVENT” ABOVE 11 POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT.
THAT’S ABOVE WHAT THE FAA PROJECTED FOR THE STARSHIP SOUND LEVEL AT 8 POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT.
ACCORDING TO THE FAA –
MODEST PROPERTY DAMAGE – SUCH AS “CRACKS IN OLD WINDOWS” – CAN START TO OCCUR WHEN PRESSURIZATION LEVELS HIT 10 POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT.
BUT THE FAA SAYS ITS “UNLIKELY” UNTIL LEVELS HIT ABOVE 20.
PORT ISABEL’S CITY MANAGER EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER SPACE X LAUNCHES THAT MIGHT BE DAMAGING HOMES – IN A CITY OF 5 THOUSAND RESIDENTS.
“We are all for economic development and the work SpaceX is doing. We just want economic development that takes place in a manner that follows the law and does not hurt existing residents or the environment.”
ELON MUSK RESPONDED TO A POST ON X SHARING THE TIMES REPORT ON GEE’S SONIC BOOM STUDY.
MUSK SAYING “Starbase is an area that experiences storms and hurricanes that are far more serious than Starship launches. The real headline of this article is boring, because it would say “Starship Launches Cause No Damage”
STARSHIP HAD ITS SIXTH TEST LAUNCH TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHERE PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP WAS IN ATTENDANCE WITH ELON MUSK.
DOCTOR GEE AND HIS TEAM WERE MEASURING NOISE AGAIN DURING THIS TEST LAUNCH.
WEATHER AND WIND CONDITIONS CAN AFFECT HOW NOISE TRAVELS –
SO HE SAYS THE RESULTS OF THIS TEST COULD TURN OUT DIFFERENTLY.
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