[jiggawatts]

Okay, right then, let’s cancel humanity’s ascendancy to the stars.

Someone filled out the wrong form.

Stop the whole thing. Abandon the cosmos. Just stay here.

Some bureaucrats weren’t satisfied.

[foobarqux]

Or Musk could have just applied for the permit last year like every other launch facility seemingly does without any problem.

[deadlydose]

They need to apply for a new permit any time there are changes to the craft. So every launch.

[jiggawatts]

Also, these permits can't be applied for ahead of time for new technology that is still being developed.

I regularly face this issue in IT circles, where I'm supposed to have a time machine to compensate for the multi-month forewarning everyone else needs.