SpaceX <\/b>sent a letter to Congress this week taking issue with the speed that the Federal Aviation Administration<\/b> (FAA) is able to approve licensing materials, after the FAA proposed $633,009 in civil penalties against SpaceX. <\/p>\n
The FAA proposed the fines on Sept. 17, saying that SpaceX failed to follow its license requirements during two launches in 2023 \u2013 for using new launch control room at Cape Canaveral and for using unapproved rocket propellant farm for the EchoStar XXIV\/Jupiter mission in 2023. <\/p>\n
SpaceX then sent a letter to members of the House Committee on Science, Space & Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, arguing that SpaceX gave the FAA\u2019s Office of Space Transportation (AST) notice for the \u201crelatively minor\u201d license updates, and AST was not able to review them in time. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been clear for some time that AST lacks the resources to timely review licensing materials, mistakenly focuses its limited resources on areas unrelated to public safety regulatory scope and has been unsuccessful in modernizing and streamlining its regulations,\u201d David Harris, SpaceX vice president of legal, said in the letter. <\/p>\n
SpaceX provided its own account of the details of the incidents the civil penalties deal with, and said the company is \u201cabsolutely committed\u201d to safety in all operations. <\/p>\n
\u201cFor well over a year now, SpaceX has voiced its concerns with the FAA\u2019s inability to keep pace with the commercial space industry and the needs of U.S. government agencies that rely on commercial space launch capability for national security and national priorities,\u201d Harris wrote. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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