Ensuring Scientific Integrity at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration “4. Agencies should make publicly available all Conflict of Interest waivers granted to committee members. NASA is committed to making publicly available the names of all committee members receiving Conflict of Interest waivers: * NASA practice is to grant such waivers rarely. * NASA anticipates revising NPD 1150.11 by October 31, 2011, to stipulate that the Agency will make publicly […]

Test: FAA Waiver of Acceptable Mission Risk Restriction for Reentry and a Reentry Vehicle (SpaceX Dragon) “This notice of waiver concerns two petitions for waiver submitted to the FAA by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX): A petition to waive the requirement that a waiver petition be submitted at least sixty days before the proposed effective date; and a petition to waive the restriction that the combined risk to the public […]