Orbital Traffic Report Released “The current Framework does not provide a holistic approach by leading in the combined development of technically informed “rules of the road” and the provision of […]
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Moon Express Gets FAA OK To Land On The Moon
U.S. Government Approves Plan For Moon Express to Become First Private Company To Venture Beyond Earth’s Orbit, Moon Express “The U.S. Government has made a historic ruling to allow the […]
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Hearing on FAA and Commercial Space
Commercial Space: Industry Developments and FAA Challenges, GAO “GAO reported in 2015 that FAA’s budget requests for its commercial space launch activities generally were based on the number of projected […]
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Patti Grace Smith
Patti Grace Smith, Champion of Private Space Travel, Dies at 68, NY Times “In an email, Elon Musk, the PayPal and Tesla entrepreneur who founded SpaceX, a company that has […]
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Shh – There's a Space Commerce Meeting in DC This Week. (Update)
Keith’s 2 Feb update: Eric Stallmer and his staff at the Commercial Spaceflight Federation have risen to the challenge (on very short notice) and have set up their own livestream […]
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FAA Announces Landing Impact Statement Day After SpaceX Lands
FAA Finding of No Significant Impact: SpaceX Falcon Launch Vehicle Landings at Landing Complex-1 “… the FAA is announcing the availability of a FONSI, based on the analysis and findings […]
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GAO: FAA Can't Justify Commercial Space Budget Increase
GAO: FAA Commercial Space Launch Industry Developments Present Multiple Challenges “For fiscal year 2016, FAA requested a 16 percent increase in staff for its commercial space launch activities to keep […]
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Another Aviation Safety Report NASA Won't Release
FAA hid study showing chronic air controller fatigue, CBS “The study is composed of a survey of 3,268 controllers about their work schedules and sleep habits, and a field study […]
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FAA COMSTAC Meeting Today
Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee–Open Meeting (agenda) “The meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the National Transportation Safety Board Conference […]
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FAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference
Registration still open for the 18th Annual FAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference, set to take place this week (Feb. 4-5) at the National Housing Center in Washington, D.C. The conference […]