Space Exploration

Are NASA's future missions and budget justified?

  • It's worth the time and expenditures

    Votes: 222 66.1%

  • Complete waste of money

    Votes: 41 12.2%

  • We need to explore, but not at the current cost

    Votes: 73 21.7%
  • Total voters
    336
#3,309
#3,309
If we had any sense we'd automatically put a bug in our software that we removed milliseconds before launch and watch all of China's launches end in failure.
 
#3,321
#3,321
So folks still don't think the Biden administration and the FAA are pushing back on Elon & SpaceX?

I still think someone in or connected to the new administration wants the clamps put on SpaceX. Bezos or Boeing?



The FAA is now requiring an "Inspector" to be on site during all flight attempts. This will likely slow down Starship testing.

 
#3,322
#3,322
And now there is this.....

Both Democrats and both happen to be in the backyard of what major aerospace company that has been hit hard as of late with problems and likely donates big bucks to both of their campaigns? 🤔

"The FAA’s response to SpaceX’s launch license violation, including the lack of any penalties beyond the investigation, prompted criticism from two key members of Congress. In a March 25 letter to FAA Administrator Steve Dickson, Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) sought to “register our concerns” with the incident. DeFazio is chair of the House Transportation Committee and Larsen the chair of its aviation subcommittee.

“Given the high-risk nature of the industry, we are disappointed that the FAA declined to conduct an independent review of the event and, to the best of our knowledge, has not pursued any form of enforcement action,” they wrote after summarizing the incident and investigation.

In the letter, DeFazio and Larsen called on the FAA to “resist any potential undue influence on launch safety decision-making” by taking “all the time and actions necessary” to evaluate proposed launches. They also urged the FAA to implement “a strict policy to deal with violations of FAA launch and reentry licenses” that includes civil penalties, and to evaluate its current approach to safety oversight and enforcement for commercial space activities.

“While the commercial space transportation sector is crucial to our Nation’s future, at no point should a commercial space launch jeopardize public safety,” they wrote."

 
#3,324
#3,324
Not sure if it was aborted by FTS in flight or something else occurred. With the fog no one seems quite sure what happened. Made it to engine relight just prior to landing before camera feed cut out.
 
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