Comments on: Rocket Lab expects to resume Electron launches before end of year https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/rocket-lab-expects-to-resume-electron-launches-before-end-of-year/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 03:29:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Col Beausabre https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/rocket-lab-expects-to-resume-electron-launches-before-end-of-year/#comment-1431949 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 03:29:34 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=99727#comment-1431949 It would nice to launch some protons too to have complete atoms

]]> By: Richard M https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/rocket-lab-expects-to-resume-electron-launches-before-end-of-year/#comment-1431903 Thu, 26 Oct 2023 21:08:11 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=99727#comment-1431903 These regulations force the FAA to get more involved in making sure the company has done all due diligence, something the FAA really isn’t qualified to do.

I think the testimony of the launch companies on the Hill last week was on point: The FAA should be confining itself to assuring that employees and the public are *safe*, not that the rockets are *successful*. That’s on the launch providers. It really should not be the business of the FAA. Rocket Lab’s failure last month did not put any lives in danger.

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