FAA Will Recognize Individuals Reaching Space on Website
With the advent of the commercial space tourism era, starting in 2022, the FAA has reconsidred the process and will now recognize individuals who reach space on its website instead of issuing Commercial Space Astronaut Wings. Any individual who is on an FAA-licensed or permitted launch and reaches 50 statute miles above the surface of the Earth will be listed on the site. “The U.S. commercial human spaceflight industry has come a long way from conducting test flights to launching paying customers into space,” FAA Associate Administrator Wayne Monteith said.
DBX-G7 Replaces Personnel with Multi-Use Docking, Charging, Data Landing Pad
H3 Dynamics has revealed what kept them busy during their 2020 lockdown, releasing a multifunction landing platform that aims to replace personnel in field deployment by completing all the regular upkeep of unmanned systems in the field. The system can update navigation information, charge batteries, store, and dock with the drone on its built in landing pad. Once attached, the system can retrieve, manage, process, and transmit data without direct human oversight.
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