Pad 39A at KSC: Launch up to 44 Starship-Super Heavy systems per year. Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station: Increase annual Falcon rocket launches from 50 to up to 120. David Botto, a founding member of the Indian River Lagoon Roundtable, came to Brevard County in 1968 supporting NASA's Apollo program. The retired Air Force lieutenant colonel recalled working 70- and 80-hour workweeks: "I am a space man," he said. The IRLR is monitoring SpaceX's Starship proposal. Botto said the grassroots group fully supports development of a world-class spaceport, but it must be done to guarantee no harm to the ecologically imperiled lagoon. Without establishing a centralized authority to manage rapid development across the Cape, the future of the northern lagoon is at risk — perhaps great risk, he said during the IRLR June 24 meeting. "The proper analysis of topography and hydrology should be done as an area, not 100 acres at a time as it is being done now. The piecemeal development will not help us. It will actually cause danger to the lagoon," he said. Botto said a critical factor is stormwater runoff, specifically excess freshwater in a salty environment, something that can kill oysters, clams, shrimp and sea trout. He said the IRLR supports Space Florida's proposed space commerce district development plan with NASA. This would divide KSC into seven land-use planning districts and analyze cumulative effects on utilities, air quality, threatened and endangered species, noise, water resources and other factors. The IRLR also supports adding the Space Force and other major stakeholders to this effort. The estimated total construction footprint at LC-37 and the surrounding area, including upgrades to transportation and utilities, is about 230 acres. The Air Force timeline calls for publication of a final Starship environmental impact statement in fall, followed by a record of decision issuance in winter.