According to the Wall Street Journal on December 30, the U.S. federal regulators have delayed the release of the environmental assessment of SpaceX's launch of a new rocket from Texas for two months because they have received too many opinions from the public < p > < / P > < p > U.S. Aviation Administration (FAA) said that it had received more than 18000 public comments on the project, which ordered it to postpone the release of the environmental assessment from December 31 to February 28. The agency said that SpaceX was responding to these comments. < / P > < p > FAA said that the agency was also consulting and coordinating with other agencies at the local, state and federal levels. < / P > < p > according to Sina Technology report, SpaceX's Boccachika launch center is located in southern Texas, close to the U.S. - Mexico border. It is a new base built by the company to assemble a large reusable "star ship" rocket system. Its purpose is to send humans to the moon and Mars < p > a large number of fish and wild animals, including turtles and migratory birds, live around the base. The alliance of 11 environmental organizations signed an open letter on November 1, asking the FAA to review SpaceX's local expansion plan. These groups also said that it is close to areas with unique ecological structure, including a national wildlife reserve, tidal beaches inhabited by several birds and beaches built by sea turtles