Lawsuit: Residents Say SpaceX Rocket Tests Shook Homes, Shattered Windows
The 59-page suit says 11 Starship test flights caused cracks, roof damage and other harm, and plaintiffs seek more than $1 million.
- Nearly 80 Texas homeowners filed a lawsuit yesterday alleging Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket damaged their properties in the Rio Grande Valley, seeking more than $1 million in damages.
- Since the first flight in April 2023, SpaceX conducted 11 test flights, with the lawsuit alleging the company "repeatedly subjected the surrounding areas to extraordinary amounts of acoustic energy, including noise, vibrations and sonic booms."
- Bekah Hinojosa, founder of the South Texas Environmental Justice Network, told WESH 2 in November that "Brownsville is one of the poorest communities in the country." The filing includes a chart showing potential building damage, including cracks in plaster and glass.
- While SpaceX has not publicly responded to the allegations, the company maintains established channels for residents to submit property damage claims. No upcoming hearings are currently scheduled in the case.
- The site sits 20 miles from Brownsville, which Hinojosa describes as "one of the poorest communities in the country," while SpaceX claims it "explicitly engineered the site to support the most energetically violent" rocket launches.
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Texas Residents Are Suing SpaceX Over ‘Terrestrial Bombardment’
Elon Musk’s SpaceX allegedly rained space debris down on residents throughout Central Texas. Now, dozens of them are taking SpaceX to court over what essentially amounts to a zoning dispute. However, since the alleged damage resulted from thunderous booms at the rocket testing facility, it is delightful that the official complaint has the sci-fi-sounding name “terrestrial bombardment.” According to reporting from Waco’s KWTX, nearly 80 residents…
SpaceX Bombarded With Lawsuits to Accusing Starship of Damaging Homes
SpaceX has been smacked by a one-two punch of lawsuits filed by hundreds of Texas residents accusing the company of damaging their homes from its frequent rocket tests. The suits, both led by the same attorneys, were filed in Cameron and McLennan counties, where SpaceX’s Starbase and McGregor facilities are located. They accuse SpaceX of negligence, the San Antonio Express-News reports, arguing that the company failed to assess the risks posed b…
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Lawsuit: Residents say SpaceX rocket tests shook homes, shattered windows
A new lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket of causing damage to roughly 80 people’s homes in Texas.
Space fans are slowly placing bets on when the third-generation Starship rocket will finally make its debut. SpaceX has been in a slump over the past six months due to technical complications, and the estimated date for the first launch with the Raptor 3 engines is constantly being pushed back. March has become April, ...
A new complaint concerns SpaceX. This time, it comes from the inhabitants of Starbase, the industrial complex that became a municipality where the company develops Starship, its gigantic rocket.
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