FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: CONDITIONAL EXPECTED CASUALTY EXCEPTION FOR FAILURES RESULTING IN AN UNCONTROLLED ATMOSPHERIC RETURN

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Federal Aviation Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Conditional Expected Casualty Exception for Failures Resulting in an Uncontrolled Atmospheric Return.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Nov. 9 by Anh Minh Ngoc Nguyen, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

Summary: FAA proposes to amend its commercial space launch and reentry licensing regulations to streamline the licensing process and reduce regulatory burden for license applicants. Specifically, FAA proposes to allow a launch and reentry vehicle operator to protect against high consequence events during an uncontrolled atmospheric return by showing that there would be sufficient breakup ...