Lawmakers Tout More Support For Private, Public Effort in Next-Gen Commercial Space Exploration

摘要

For the commercial space and aviation sectors to move forward in next-generation technology andnmissions, it's critical for government and commercial entities to work together, said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher,nR-Calif., vice chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. It’s critical thatn“we do not create regulations in the absence of the data that we need to know if those regulations are goingnto be effective,” he said Wednesday at the Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space TransportationnConference in Washington. "It’s critical that we don’t limit the activities of these private sectorncompanies without clear and compelling reasons to do so," he said. But "it’s just as critical that the FAAnand these companies communicate in very clear ways about safety, design, about the development withinnthe industry and about the future," he said.