SpaceX wants to go to Mars. To do so, environmentalists say it's trashing Texas

The environmentalist are getting in the way of progress thanks to them China is now the leader in Nuclear Energy with 55 operational and 22 in construction. SpaceX needs to work with the Export Regulations administration to be able to launch from other Non-US locations while still ensuring that classified information does not leak buying land building tall walls around it then launching. China is only second place to SpaceX, if SpaceX fails China will undoubtedly be the number one. China is already a the World&#x27;s only manufacturing Superpower[1], China is already the leader in infrastructure, they can build bridges that no American Contractor can deliver at the scale, speed and quality because there is no experience. The US should really work to create competition in its military contractors and other industries protectionism is not the way forward it is a symptom and a sign to show which industries America will have a difficulty competing in. The CHIPS Act is a sudden reaction to what has been happening for over 20 years, a sudden $50 Billion will help but is not sufficient to be ahead, and sanction are now pushing China to better self sufficiency.<p>[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cepr.org&#x2F;voxeu&#x2F;columns&#x2F;china-worlds-sole-manufacturing-superpower-line-sketch-rise" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cepr.org&#x2F;voxeu&#x2F;columns&#x2F;china-worlds-sole-manufacturi...</a>

This article appears to be about the false claim that the water-deluge system (which sprays water to protect the launch pad from heat and to dampen noise) was &quot;industrial wastewater&quot;. The headline is pedantically true because environmentalists did say it, but is definitely and intentionally misleading.

Someone compare the pollution to the average steel mill. The focus here is political and clickbait focused.

These people lack perspective. If (when) there is a civilization-ending asteroid impact, people with their priorities straight will have more to worry about than a handful of birds nests on a sandbar in Texas.

&quot;industrial wastewater&quot; - I was under the impression that it was potable drinking water being discharged somewhere that regularly monsoons.

Mars for the rich, Earth for the poor