Comments on: Air Force demanded too much in its SpaceX certification process

By: Kelly Starks

Kelly Starks — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 16:19:46 +0000

Actually this has been the standard review process for mil products for decades, and its far less demanding then FAA commercial vehicle certification standards. When they allowed vendors to do substandard design processes etc – they had increased failures.

>..The review also concluded that SpaceX was too resistent to any proposed changes.

NASA reported that on the CCDev (and I think COTS as well) contract as well.

By: Crissa

Crissa — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 04:17:14 +0000

In reply to D.K. Williams. D.K., government is made by the people, of the people. The Air Force are people. People we chose, by systems other people we chose developed. People are people. And sometimes people do stupid things. This is one of them. That they were allowed to create this system without oversight of our politicians is an indictment of us, not them. What's stupid? Thinking 'the federal government' is not you.

By: PeterF

PeterF — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:22:36 +0000

All it really takes is one strategically placed bureaucrat on a power trip to hang out the “not invented here” sign.

By: D.K. Williams

D.K. Williams — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 09:47:34 +0000

The stupidity of Federal government.