FAA commercial space office leader Wayne Monteith says "nothing else comes between public safety and getting our job done," showing a photo of the 2016 SpaceX Amos-6 incident.
"A pretty catastrophic event [but] nobody was hurt ... that's what we do." #CST2022
"A pretty catastrophic event [but] nobody was hurt ... that's what we do." #CST2022
Monteith: "Last year we licensed 8 human spaceflight missions -- that's more than the [total] launches we licensed in 2012."
Monteith: "What a year" 2021 was for human spaceflight. "Business is tremendous" and FAA sees the number of private crewed launches each year continuing to increase, referencing this week's Polaris Program announcement.
Monteith also references the plans for commercial habitats/private space stations.
"I don't know who should regulate" those and "I don't know what" should be regulated, but "there's probably going to come a time when they are."
"I don't know who should regulate" those and "I don't know what" should be regulated, but "there's probably going to come a time when they are."
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