Ngaphambi komkhakha we-Aerospace Commercial Space Panel e-Paris Air Show namuhla, Umqondisi Obambile we-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) uDaniel K. Elwell utshele ababambiqhaza ukuthi uMnyango Wezokuthutha wakha uhlaka lokulawula ukuze kugcinwe ubuholi base-United States futhi unike amandla amandla angenamkhawulo kanye namathuba. yendawo yokuhweba.
"Sibheke phambili ekusebenzeni nabasunguli bendawo yezohwebo kanye nama-ejensi kuyo yonke i-Administration ukuze sigcine ukuncintisana nokuphepha kweMelika kule mboni ebalulekile," kusho u-Elwell.
U-Elwell uncome ingxenye enkulu yempumelelo ye-United States kwezokuthutha emkhathini wezentengiso endleleni yabaphathi yokuqinisekisa ukuthi izimfuneko zokulawula azithinti imboni. Muva nje, i-FAA ibeke phambili umthetho ohlongozwayo ukuze kwenziwe lula futhi kususwe imithetho ephelelwe isikhathi sokusebenziseka kwayo, eyimpinda, noma engumthwalo ngokungadingekile. Eminye imithetho emibili iyalungiselelwa ukuthuthukisa indlela i-FAA eyengamela ngayo izikhumulo zasemkhathini futhi inikeze ukufinyelela okungcono nokusebenzelana ngendawo yokuhweba kanye nokusebenza kwethrafikhi yezindiza.
Umlawuli Obambile uphinde waqinisekisa ukuthi ukuphepha kusewumgomo oyinhloko we-ejensi futhi kuholele erekhodini, okuze kube manje, akubanga nokulimala okusesidlangalaleni noma ukubulawa kwabantu emisebenzini yendawo yokuhweba enelayisensi ye-FAA engaphezu kuka-370.
U-Elwell ubalule umsebenzi wokwethulwa ohlale ukhula njengobufakazi bokunyakazisa nokukhula komkhakha wezohwebo:
• 23 successful launches in 2017;
• 33 successful launches in 2018, a new record; and,
• As many as 41 launches are on the calendar for this year.
Umlawuli Obambile uphinde wagqamisa izigigaba zakamuva nempumelelo:
• In December and February Virgin Galactic successfully completed two more crewed commercial launches going above 50 statute miles, adding five new Commercial Space astronauts to the rolls, including the first woman, Beth Moses;
• SpaceX and Boeing plan to carry astronauts to the Space Station on FAA-licensed launches in the near future;
• In April, America and world saw the first commercial payload launched by SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket; and,
• Earlier this month, the FAA supported three commercial launches within three days (Rocket Lab in New Zealand, Blue Origin in Texas, and SpaceX in Florida).
