[cnlevy]

F9's fineness ratio makes it very sensitive to weather. Soyuz rockets can launch in blizzards. Starship should be weather insensitive as well.

Now for the launch platform, it will have to be built about 30km from shore, and could be accessed by high speed train, the travel time would be 15-20 minutes from the shore

[qayxc]

Don't confuse satellite launches with crewed launches. Losing a satellite due to a failed launch is no big deal, risking the lives of potentially hundreds of passengers is a different story entirely.