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What does adding extra staff to a late project do? In cases where the procedures are complicated, which I'd be willing to be this is, you might find that it ta

What does adding extra staff to a late project do? In cases where the procedures are complicated, which I'd be willing to be this is, you might find that it takes the better part of a decade for new staff to come up to speed at their jobs. And in the mean time the existing staff are going to be spending part of their time doing training.

jve 3y ago
Late? It's not late. > hat is on top of new entrants such as United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket, Blue Origin's New Glenn, and other smaller rockets coming online. Then there is the increased flight rate by Virgin Galactic, the return to flight by Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital tourism rocket, and the potential for high-altitude balloon flights. ... "We see a trainwreck coming," > For example, when SpaceX sought to move its tank farm at Launch Complex 39A in Florida, it submitted... > "The range has an operational bent, and they’ve been very supportive about being able to support our launch rate," > ...has slowed down the company's progress not just on development of the Starship program, but on innovations with the Falcon 9 and Dragon programs as well. So what I read that FAA is involved into all of falcon flights, into object movements within their territory, with new hardware for falcom, with starship, with new entrants.... And why do I need to repeat the article? They propose the following near-term solution: > The company also believes that license applicants should be able to opt-in to help fund independent third-party technical support to assist the FAA surge in the near term while the agency goes through the hiring process.
bryanlarsen 3y ago
Adding more staff will make the 2023 problem worse, but will fix the 2025 problem.
rjmunro 3y ago
It's not about extra staff for one late project, it's about extra staff to handle the anticipated increase in the number of projects SpaceX, Blue Origin and others are planning to be throwing their way in the next few years. They are already starting to struggle to keep up; this is about preventing it getting worse.

jve 3y ago

Late? It's not late. > hat is on top of new entrants such as United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket, Blue Origin's New Glenn, and other smaller rockets coming online. Then there is the increased flight rate by Virgin Galactic, the return to flight by Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital tourism rocket, and the potential for high-altitude balloon flights. ... "We see a trainwreck coming," > For example, when SpaceX sought to move its tank farm at Launch Complex 39A in Florida, it submitted... > "The range has an operational bent, and they’ve been very supportive about being able to support our launch rate," > ...has slowed down the company's progress not just on development of the Starship program, but on innovations with the Falcon 9 and Dragon programs as well. So what I read that FAA is involved into all of falcon flights, into object movements within their territory, with new hardware for falcom, with starship, with new entrants.... And why do I need to repeat the article? They propose the following near-term solution: > The company also believes that license applicants should be able to opt-in to help fund independent third-party technical support to assist the FAA surge in the near term while the agency goes through the hiring process.

bryanlarsen 3y ago

Adding more staff will make the 2023 problem worse, but will fix the 2025 problem.

rjmunro 3y ago

It's not about extra staff for one late project, it's about extra staff to handle the anticipated increase in the number of projects SpaceX, Blue Origin and others are planning to be throwing their way in the next few years. They are already starting to struggle to keep up; this is about preventing it getting worse.