A potential disaster so severe that it could cut off the United States from accessing the International Space Station is what NASA really doesn't want to see, according to a report by the Associated Press.
During the Apollo program, the Launch Complex 39A was used to deliver astronauts to the moon. It's the only place in the US where you can send astronauts to the International Space Station.
After NASA left off in the 1970s, the company wants to return astronauts to the Moon in the next few years. It says that the risk catastrophe is very real.
An explosion isn't out of the question if the previous attempts to flight test early prototypes are any indication. Huge chunks of rocket debris rained from the sky after several early prototypes went up in huge balls of fire.
If you had an early failure like we did on one of the early flights, it would be pretty devastating to 39A.
The Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A is close to the location of the company's launch pad.
There are ways to make 39A more resistant to a blast.
SpaceX is working with us. It's in their best interests to not have a steady source of income interrupted.
After the FAA released its long-awaited environmental assessment into the space company's launch program at its testing facilities in South Texas, the company had to make significant changes to the site.
It's only a matter of time until Musk's company conducts its first flight test, and NASA will be watching with interest.
The spaceship will be ready to fly next month.
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