According to Florida Today, referring to the 45th space wing, SpaceX companies will have to postpone tests of the newest Falcon Heavy launch vehicle due to the termination of the work of the US government. Key employees of the department will be suspended from work, which will not allow the wing to support the fire tests at the Kennedy Space Center. The nearest starts from the Space Center and from the US Air Force base at Cape Canaveral will also have to be shifted.
On January 20, the US government decided to suspend its work due to underfunding, which in its turn was due to the lack of a full-fledged budget for 2018. The draft of the new resolution did not garner enough votes due to the fact that Democrats and Republicans could not agree on a number of points, in particular, Democrats' demands for the protection of illegal migrants
The launch of the Falcon Heavy missile is focused attention of specialists from all over the world. This booster will not only be the most powerful rocket of all created by SpaceX, but also the most powerful of all of the exploited. It is assumed that the carrier will be able to deliver to a low reference orbit up to 63.8 tons of cargo. For comparison, the most powerful missile used today - Delta IV Heavy - this figure is 28 tons. It should be noted that at the end of the decade, the first test launch of the Boeing Space Launch System (SLS) is planned, which will be able to produce even more payload than Falcon Heavy.