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Mexico probes contamination from SpaceX rocket explosion that landed in its territory
- A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded on June 18 at the Massey testing facility near Starbase on the south Texas coast close to the Mexican border.
- The explosion and increased Starship launches approved by the FAA in early May have triggered Mexican investigations into debris and contamination across the border in Tamaulipas.
- Mexican authorities gathered various materials including plastic, aluminum, metal, and remnants of rockets near Playa Bagdad and along the Rio Grande, which are suspected to be linked to SpaceX, prompting environmental concerns voiced by activist Dr. Elias Ibarra.
- Ibarra warned that plastic and aluminum debris threaten endangered sea turtles, noting only one out of every thousand hatchlings usually reaches adulthood.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed contamination exists and threatened legal action while Mexico conducts a comprehensive review to identify violated international laws and plan further steps.
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By Ivonne Valdés, Max Saltman and Ana Melgar, CNN After an explosion in the sky, debris appears: melted plastics, aluminum with SpaceX labels and fragments of blue adhesive stranded on the sand of Bagdad Beach, in northern Tamaulipas, near the rocket launch zone. The area, known as Starbase, is located in Boca Chica, in southern Texas, near the border with Mexico. It has been Conibio Global, a small non-governmental organization, that has taken …
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SpaceX rockets, the company led by Elon Musk based in South Texas, have exploded repeatedly. This time, the remnants of the most recent explosion are generating political repercussions across the border in Mexico. Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum considers taking legal action after one of SpaceX’s gigantic Starship rockets disintegrated in June into a gigantic fireball, while filling up fuel for an engine test. No one was injured in the expl…
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