spacex Archives – Deceleration

Space Industry’s Explosive Growth Could ‘X’ the Earth’s Atmosphere

By Syris Valentine ● Climate ● June 4, 2025

Rocket soot and vaporized satellite metals represent a massive—and largely unchecked—geoengineering experiment with massive potential planetary downsides.

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Elon Vs. Wild: Do Expanding SpaceX Operations Signal the End for Beloved Ocelots?

By Wendee Nicole ● Biodiversity ● April 17, 2025

Starbase could become its own city. Elon Musk is about to be granted the keys to Boca Chica Beach. And accelerating operations at SpaceX could lead to several launches per day in the middle of the endangered ocelot’s withered territory. Efforts to protect the ocelot are more critical than ever.

Our Home After SpaceX – Film Screening & Panel Discussion (Brownsville)

By Ceiba Ili ● April 2, 2025

Hawaii State Leaders Demanding Full EIS of SpaceX Starship Program

By Gaige Davila ● Biodiversity ● January 28, 2025

‘Given the lack of previous stakeholder participation, a change in spacecraft type, and the dramatically expanded area, which is further affected by ocean currents, it is unclear what the impact will be on Hawaii,’ the bill’s text reads.

Raining SpaceX Debris Raises Impact Fears as Musk Ascends Alongside Trump

By Gaige Davila ● Gulf Coast ● January 21, 2025

For residents concerned about SpaceX operations in Cameron County, Texas, the year opened with a familiar feeling of regulatory impunity. But with apparent MAGA embrace of the Mars mission even these performances may soon be a thing of the past.

Public Hearings: SpaceX Starship Revised Draft Environmental Assessment

By Greg Harman ● December 30, 2024

Why Elon Musk’s Demand for Suffering Won’t Stop at Mars

By Greg Harman ● Deceleration Opinion ● December 22, 2024

Critics describe Elon Musk’s guiding philosophy of longtermism as primed to justify ‘atrocities.’

How SpaceX Is Colonizing South Texas En Route to ‘Occupying Mars’

By Gaige Davila ● Gulf Coast ● November 30, 2024

Reflections from 70 feet above Port Isabel, Texas, on why Elon Musk’s MAGA alignment—including his support for long promised mass deportations—will forever change the meaning of his rocket launches.

PODCAST: SpaceX Wastewater, LNG in the RGV, & Sustained Indigenous Resistance

By Greg Harman ● Podcast ● October 12, 2024

Deceleration speaks with Christopher Basaldú, a member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas and co-founder of the South Texas Environmental Justice Network

TCEQ Public Hearing SpaceX Waste Water Permit Application

By Ceiba Ili ● October 1, 2024