{"id":797,"date":"2025-07-09T09:27:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=797"},"modified":"2025-07-09T09:27:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:27:55","slug":"air-force-halts-spacex-hypersonic-cargo-rocket-tests-to-save-seabirds-from-potential-blasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=797","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Halts SpaceX Hypersonic Cargo Rocket Tests To Save Seabirds From Potential Blasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Domino’s once guaranteed that it could deliver pizzas in 30 minutes or less. The United States Air Force partnered with SpaceX in hopes of developing hypersonic rockets that could deliver 100 tons of cargo anywhere on the planet in 90 minutes or less. However, the military branch announced last Thursday that it’s suspending plans for a testing program on a remote Pacific atoll. The Air Force yielded to environmental concerns that landings could endanger native seabirds, a welcome change of pace from Elon Musk’s disregard for the impact of\u00a0exploding SpaceX rockets<\/a>\u00a0showering the planet in debris.<\/p>\n

The USAF planned to build two landing pads on the Johnston Atoll, roughly 800 miles southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. The pads would have accommodated ten landings per year, according to\u00a0Stars And Stripes<\/a>. Hypersonic rockets travel faster than five times the speed of sound or 3,800 miles per hour, so it’s a mighty tall ask for the rocket to properly decelerate and land safely. The Center for Biological Diversity, an endangered species protection non-profit, understandably sued the Air Force as well as the Fish and Wildlife Service in June for public records related to the project. The atoll is a protected seabird refuge.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0These Are The Best Engines Of All Time, According To You<\/a><\/p>\n

Musk Joked Before About His Rockets Killing Wildlife<\/h2>\n
\n
\"A