SpaceX launch failures have caused disruptions in beach tourism and air traffic. More Starship activity, touted as an economic driver, will only make things worse.

While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space ...

Mr. Irving is an investigative journalist who has covered aviation and aerospace for more than 30 years.

The nearest US competitor to SpaceX was Rocket Lab, with 14 launches and 33 spacecraft. The competition in "upmass," that is ...

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