FAA: Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Potentially Moving the Office of Commercial Space Transportation, GAO “Representatives from commercial space launch companies and spaceports GAO interviewed described advantages and disadvantages of moving the Office of Commercial Space Transportation to the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, but most of them favored moving the office. Conversely, most Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials GAO interviewed did not favor the idea. A senior official in the […]

FAA Spaceport grants will strengthen America’s commercial space industry “If you’re like me, you probably watched the final landing of the Space Shuttle Atlantis last month with a strong sense of nostalgia for an astounding era in American space travel. The good news is that the Federal Aviation Administration has been working hard to usher in a new era for U.S. space transportation. Today, I’m excited to announce that the […]

NASA to investigate cause of Toyota problems “The federal probe into runaway Toyotas has resulted in enough scientific mystery that investigators have asked NASA scientists for help. The nation’s auto-safety regulators have tapped nine experts from the space agency to answer questions involving software, hardware and other electronics issues…” Keith’s note: No mention of this (yet) at NASA.gov. I wonder who the “NASA engineers” are? Where will the NASA funds […]