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posted by janrinok on Friday November 22, @12:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the all-boxes-on-all-forms-must-be-checked dept.

SpaceX's Shotwell Says US Regulators Must 'Go Faster'

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell fired off fresh criticism at US regulators on Friday, saying rocket launch approvals need to catch up with the pace her company is innovating.

[....] Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company plans to launch the sixth major test of its new Starship vehicle on Tuesday, and sees as many as 400 launches of the moon and Mars craft over the next four years, Shotwell said. That compares with a record 148 missions that US regulators authorized for the entire commercial space industry in the government's most recent fiscal year.

[....] In September, Musk, SpaceX's founder and Chief Executive Officer, called on the head of the FAA to resign and claimed that government paperwork to license a launch takes longer than building the actual rocket.

On Thursday, the FAA said it plans to update its launch and reentry licensing rule, as the number of space operations could more than double by 2028, it said.

What did FAA do back when aircraft were new and novel, and could be dangerous?


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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday November 23, @02:30AM (3 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 23, @02:30AM (#1382935) Journal

    Actual "screwing around" by the FAA has yet to be called out by you or by SpaceX.

    The story indicates otherwise.

  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Saturday November 23, @02:39AM (2 children)

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 23, @02:39AM (#1382936)
    It doesn't. It merely asserts the existence of criticism.

    This is unproductive.
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    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday November 23, @02:46AM (1 child)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 23, @02:46AM (#1382938) Journal

      It merely asserts the existence of criticism.

      It asserts more than that:

      “Technology is easy. Physics is easy. People are hard, and regulator people are the hardest,” Shotwell told a conference hosted by Baron Capital in New York on Friday. “All we ask is: regulate industries. Make them safe, make them right, make them fair. But we’ve got to go faster. Much faster.”

      Direct quote.

      • (Score: 2) by Tork on Saturday November 23, @02:51AM

        by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 23, @02:51AM (#1382939)
        Does not contradict my statement. Have a good weekend, khallow.
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