[AR] Re: SpaceX grounded for 9 to 12 months

  • From: Rand Simberg <simberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2016 09:00:13 -0400

On 2016-09-09 08:51, Uwe Klein wrote:

Am 09.09.2016 um 14:18 schrieb Rand Simberg:
But they can't get to low inclination from Vandenberg.

And no one has legal authority to "ground" them. It's up to them and
their customers.

You sure?

Isn't there some gov. chit required
"you are allowed to launch rockets on such and such a path, conditions, ...."

Administations tend to have no qualms about retracting those :-)

Yes, I'm sure. Unless there is some clear reason that the launch will endanger the general public, or harm the national interest, FAA has no reason to deny a license. They don't do mission assurance.

Other related posts:

  1. Home
  2. arocket
  3. Archive
  4. 09-2016