The government released a statement this week on the aftermath of the explosion of SpaceX Starship and debris clean up.
The statement was in response to an article carried in the Tribune. It read, “the public is advised that under the Space Liability Convention Treaty 1972, SpaceX or any other entity experiencing an incident in The Bahamas or any other international territory, is obligated to cover the cost of environmental remediation.”
Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Michael Pintard spoke with reporters on the issue outside of Parliament on Wednesday. He said, “the Prime Minister has some questions to answer, so we share the Bahamian people’s concern. We need an environmental impact assessment in advance and then we need to know completely what are they doing to ensure that there is no damage to the marine environment that affects fishers, that affects the tourism industry etc.”
The statement noted that Director of Environmental Planning and Protection, Dr. Rhianna Neely has provided updates on the clean up of any debris from the Starship 8 explosion.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources also spoke with reporters Wednesday saying, “we rely on science. If we rely on health science. If we rely on natural science to make determinations. The same experts that we rely on to make determinations for us, if they are saying that this is being dealt with in a particular manner and there’s nothing to fear then why does the Opposition want to be all of a sudden scientists. Let’s rely on science if that gonna be the standard and we too are just waiting for the experts to give us any necessary information and as they do we’ll bring it to the public.”
The government’s statement also informed that SpaceX’s Starship is not part of the country’s agreement for a series of landings of the SpaceX Falcon 9 in The Bahamas.
