SpaceX Bombarded With Lawsuits to Accusing Starship of Damaging Homes

SpaceX is being sued by hundreds of Texas residents who claim that the company's Starship rocket tests have damaged their homes. The lawsuits, filed in Cameron and McLennan counties, accuse SpaceX of negligence and failing to assess the risks posed by the launches. The residents claim that the noise and vibrations from the rocket tests have caused damage to their roofs, windows, and doors. Starship has launched eleven times since April 2023, with several explosions and breakups during flight. The lawsuits come as SpaceX prepares to go public in a historic multitrillion-dollar IPO and works to perfect its Starship for NASA's Artemis IV mission. The company is accused of relying on outdated acoustic prediction models and failing to mitigate the powerful acoustic forces generated by the rocket's engines.