SpaceX is busy on all fronts, from its bread and butter commercial satellite launches to planning its ultimate future of deep space transportation and multi-planetary colonization. SpaceX is working toward getting a prototype of Starship in the air, with planned launches coming in just “2 to 3 months,” if SpaceX CEO Elon Musk manages to meet his optimistic timeline. It recently completed an untethered “hop” low-altitude test flight of StarHopper, a sub-scale demonstration version of the Starship design meant to help it test that craft’s Raptor engine. But SpaceX must also show that it has fully considered the potential consequences that its planned launch operations will have on the surrounding environment. SpaceX Starship, a 384-foot (117-meter) reusable two-stage rocket taller than the Statue of Liberty, is a central piece of Musk's interplanetary space travel ambitions as well as US space agency NASA's goal to send humans to the moon again by 2024. SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy will launch from Florida, with the current plan to build a second launch mount at its current Launch Complex-39A launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, which it leases from NASA and currently uses for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches. An environment assessment prepared by SpaceX, and released by NASA Aug. 1, discusses plans to develop additional facilities at Launch Complex-39A, for use by the company’s Starship vehicle and its Super Heavy booster. In this video Engineering Today will discuss SpaceX’s plans for Starship launches from Kennedy Space Center. Why SpaceX is expanding its Florida facilities to accommodate the Starship launch? Let’s get into details. #EngineeringToday #SpaceX #SpaceXStarship AUDIO: Voiceover by Scott Leffler -- scottleffler.com Big thanks for local photos to AUDIO: Voiceover by Scott Leffler -- scottleffler.com Inspired by https://www.teslarati.com/ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/ https://techcrunch.com/ https://www.firstpost.com/ https://spacenews.com/ Special Thanks to NASASpaceflight – bocachicagal for Local Starship photos