Author Topic: Why Falcon 9 Faced FAA Investigations But Not Starliner | We Asked The FAA  (Read 1383 times)

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https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1836911724215083178

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People often ask why the FAA is going after SpaceX, yet Boeing's Starliner suffered no consequences. So, we interviewed the FAA to find out.

Featuring John "Das" Galloway (@KSpaceAcademy) and Dan Murray from the FAA.

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It's a complex yet crucial topic: why hasn’t the FAA grounded Starliner despite its multiple thruster issues? We sit down with the FAA to understand the process behind flight anomalies, spacecraft vs. rocket investigations, and whether Starliner’s issues could trigger a grounding. Plus, we explore how FAA regulations differ for Falcon 9 and Starliner, and what it all means for future space missions.

Commercial Spaceflight Data: https://www.faa.gov/data_research/com...
CFR: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14...
Title 51: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?p...

🤵 Hosted by John "Das" Galloway (@KSpaceAcademy)
🖊️ Written by John "Das" Galloway, Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera and Adrian Beil.
🎥 Video from D. Wise, John Galloway, Jack Beyer, Max Evans, SpaceX, ULA, NASA.
✂️ Edited by Joshua DuPay.
💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed.


« Last Edit: 09/19/2024 11:40 pm by catdlr »
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It's such a silly question that I can't believe someone actually tried to get an answer.

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https://twitter.com/Alexphysics13/status/1836924926999056729

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And this is, exactly, the type of post what I was referring to

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1836923457960919224


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SpaceX letter to Congress.

The
@FAANews
 leadership spends their resources attacking @SpaceX for petty matters that have nothing to do with safety, while neglecting real safety issues at Boeing. This is deeply wrong and puts human lives at risk.

NASA deemed the Boeing capsule unsafe for astronaut return, turning, out of necessity, to SpaceX, yet instead of fining Boeing for putting astronauts at risk, the FAA is fining SpaceX for trivia!

Enough is enough.
« Last Edit: 09/20/2024 12:45 am by catdlr »
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https://twitter.com/Alexphysics13/status/1836932223661990276

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For context... we started the video concept like over two months or so ago when Falcon was grounded and people were asking in the comments why they didn't do anything with Boeing's Starliner. The timing of Elon's recent posts and this video is purely coincidental but quite funny
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https://twitter.com/wapodavenport/status/1836932951457546607

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This is *somewhat* reminiscent of the bare-knuckled fight over national security launch contracts when SpaceX sued the Air Force for the right to compete. Will be interesting to see how it plays out and if there’s Congressional support. At any rate, Elon is digging in.
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That video is strangely long (19 minutes) for a question with such a simple answer.

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Is there a text summary of this video anywhere?

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Is there a text summary of this video anywhere?

The summary is: commercial crew test flights, including both Dragon and Starliner test flights, are regulated by NASA, not the FAA. Commercial crew operational flights are regulated by the FAA, but Starliner hasn't done any of them yet.

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