The FAA should be reformed by limiting it's scope and regulation authority to atmospheric flight. Remove it's authority to regulate flights reaching beyond the atmosphere. Establish a new government agency for spaceflight, and place within it a review and recommendation committee consisting of industry leaders such as SpaceX, Rocket Lab, Blue Origin. In addition, the committee should consist of academic and scientific experts and military organizations.
Also limit the scope of the committee to general review only, not review of every agency action to prevent the same problems currently experienced with the FAA.
The FAA only regulates airspace below 60,000 ft. But vehicles going to and from space have to pass through the regulated airspace, ergo, launch authorizations. That and the safety of others flying and on the ground is the primary responsibility of the FAA. By law, the FAA can’t issue an approval contrary to other federal and state laws, and here comes the environmental studies. Spacex already had launch licenses issued for the same flight hardware and flight paths as the previous launch. If the Starship hardware and flight plans remained the same they could be flying. However, Elon keeps changing the hardware and the flight plans. Hence the delay.
Good Morning. If Elon Musk would have indorsed Harris. Musk wouldn't have any problems. It is all political. The problem with all the lawsuits. It slows SpaceX down. What is exactly what the establishment wants. It Really Sucks. Great Episode. Keep exposing the double Standards and the Truth. You Always do a Great Job. My GOTO Channel in everything to with space. The internal workings as well as the external. Have a Great Day my Friend.
