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>there's no need not in this day and age to have test pilots. Good point. What does the FAA say about unmanned rocket powered flight tests?
by fnordfnordfnord 12y ago
>there's no need not in this day and age to have test pilots.
Good point. What does the FAA say about unmanned rocket powered flight tests?
- learc83 12y agoNot sure, but SpaceX has performed plenty of them.
- termain 12y agoNot so much over the US, though.
- krisoft 12y agoI would beg to differ. SpaceX certainly flown unmanned, rocket powered test flights both from McGregor[1], and Cape Canaveral[2]. Those were in the US last time I checked. 1:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper_(rocket)#Flight_tests http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper_(rocket)#Flight_tes... 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9#Launch_history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9#Launch_history
- spiritplumber 12y agoIf a regulation is putting human lives at risks, the regulation has to go.
- kashkhan 12y agoplenty of companies do them. Ask Elon Musk.