The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Space => Topic started by: Elderberry on December 31, 2019, 10:37:05 pm
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Jerusalem Post By AARON REICH DECEMBER 27, 2019
The first commercial space flights are slated to take off in 2020, but the FAA can't implement new regulations until 2023.
Space tourism is one of the most exciting new upcoming industries today, and some of the first flights are expected to take off in 2020. However, a recent investigation revealed that any safety regulations existing are bare bones at best.
Regulations do exist made by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) for public safety near launch facilities. However, everything on board the space ship itself is out of their hands, and until 2023, the FAA isn't allowed to create any regulations for onboard safety whatsoever.
And this can potentially be catastrophic.
According to paperwork filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the Virgin Group's space tourism arm Virgin Galactic is slated to fly around a thousand people by 2022. Currently, no regulations exist to prevent an accident from happening.
If, however, an accident does occur, there would certainly be an investigation. The question of who would have the authority to investigate it is just as confusing.
More: https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/Space-tourisms-lack-of-regulations-could-spell-disaster-for-industry-612269 (https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/Space-tourisms-lack-of-regulations-could-spell-disaster-for-industry-612269)
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Legit concern, however, right now Blue Origin and Virgin Galacitc is testing the s**t to make sure it is safe.