SpaceX Responds to Proposed FAA Fine

Blasts Agency for Lack of Timely Review of Licensing Materials

SpaceX has responded to a proposed $633,009 in civil penalty for allegedly failing to follow its license requirements during two launches in 2023. On the social media site X, SpaceX says it has been clear for some time that the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) "lacks the resources to timely review licensing materials, mistakenly foc…