[LorenDB]

The main difference here is that up until just a few days ago, the FAA was saying that they didn't plan to issue a license until late November.

https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-flight-five-late-novem...

[dotnet00]

There was a letter circulating around on X recently, showing that the FAA asked the Fish and Wildlife Service to do their thing faster. Assuming that was real, things got moving after the pressure from Congress.

[JumpCrisscross]

> up until just a few days ago, the FAA was saying that they didn't plan to issue a license until late November

This might be a case where the FAA's PR department should link to a press release instead of repeatig it contemporaneously.