FAA Faces Safety Challenges For Human Commercial Spaceflight: GAO

Cygnus cargo spacecraft

Cygnus cargo spacecraft.

Credit: Northrop Grumman
FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) faces long-running challenges in addressing safety concerns for human commercial spaceflight passengers, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit. Current primary challenges are identified as workforce hiring challenges...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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