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Wouldn't NASA be the natural choice for this, especially given their history of working with the military?

• ceejayoz 10y ago
  The FAA is a well-established regulatory agency that already manages significant portions of spaceflight (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Commercial_Space_Transportation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Commercial_Space_Tra...) and also has a long history working with the military. NASA should be in the exploration business, not the regulatory one.
  • M_Grey 10y ago
    To the first part, I didn't know that, thanks for the link. To the second, good point.
  • idlewords 10y ago
    The line isn't that clearly drawn. NASA runs the Aviation Safety Reporting System, for example [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_Safety_Reporting_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_Safety_Reporting_Syst...].
    • Normal_gaussian 10y ago
      Though it does make more sense for NASA to build the systems and then hand them off to regulators to operate and iterate
      • neurotech1 10y ago
        ASRS is NASA ran for a specific reason: To keep a clear line between safety and enforcement. For ASRS to function effectively, pilots have to be able to report incidents without fear of FAA enforcement. In fact, by regulation, a pilot can use the "immunity" rule once every 5 years to avoid a FAA violation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_Safety_Reporting_System#Immunity_policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_Safety_Reporting_Syst...
    • deleted 10y ago
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    • bdamm 10y ago
      The first A in NASA is "Aeronautics". They've run many experimental aviation programs and are doing a good job running the ASRS.
    • teraflop 10y ago
      But that's part of a deliberate attempt to avoid the possibility of information in the ASRS database being used for punitive regulatory actions.
• taneq 10y ago
  Huh, I always thought it was North American Space Agency. Well fancy that.