The U.S. Air Force has abandoned plans to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll using Elon Musk’s SpaceX, a U.S. military publication has reported.
The decision was made after Reuters reported that experts were concerned the project, which would be based on the remote Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, would harm the seabirds that nest on the islands.
In response to that report, the Air Force had said it would conduct an environmental assessment, but is now instead exploring alternative locations for the program, a spokesperson told Stars and Stripes. A petition calling for the Air Force to abandon its plan had garnered more than 3,800 signatures by Wednesday.
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