Hoʻoikaika ʻo FAA a me NASA i ka launa pū i nā hana ākea kalepa

Ua kau inoa ka Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) a me ka National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) i kahi palapala hoʻomanaʻo hou (MOU) e kākoʻo i nā hana ākea e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana o ke aupuni a me nā mākaʻi ʻole o ke aupuni, nā ukana, a me nā ukana no ka orbital ʻelua. a me nā mikiona suborbital.

"ʻO kēia hana FAA-NASA ma ka pae Administrator e holomua i ka ʻĀpana mokulele kalepa ʻo ʻAmelika, e kōkua i ka ʻepekema a me ka ʻenehana, a e kōkua i ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kulekele ākea ākea o US," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ke kākau ʻōlelo ʻo US Transport Elaine L. Chao.

ka FAA a NASA ua kaʻana like i nā hoihoi i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi ʻoihana mokulele paʻa e hoʻokō i ka palekana, hilinaʻi, a me ke kumu kūʻai kūpono i ke ākea, a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻokūkū, palekana a me ka hiki ke loaʻa i nā pono aerospace ʻAmelika. Eia hou, koʻikoʻi ka pilina i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pahuhopu a me nā pahuhopu o nā kulekele ākea ākea he nui o US.

"He mea nui ka pilina ma waena o ka FAA a me ka NASA e hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana, ka hana hou a me ka palekana o nā hana ākea kalepa, a mālama i ke kūlana poʻokela o ke alakaʻi ʻana o US ma ka ʻāpana mokulele," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo FAA Administrator Steve Dickson.

Ma lalo o ka MOU, ka FAA a me ka NASA e kūkulu i kahi hoʻolālā paʻa a me ka reentry framework no ka ʻoihana mokulele US e aniani moakaka, a pale aku i nā koi hakakā a me nā pae o nā ana he nui. E neʻe pū nā ʻoihana ʻelua i kahi papahana pailaka suborbital kalepa nui i kuhikuhi ʻia me nā spaceports i hoʻonohonoho ʻia a me nā hoʻolālā airspace i waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe e kākoʻo i kēia ʻano kipi o ka lawe ʻana i ka lewa mamao.

"Ke lele nei ʻo NASA i kēia manawa nā ukana kalepa a me nā mikiona ohua i ka International Space Station, a e hoʻouna koke aku mākou i nā poʻe a me nā ʻepekema hou aʻe i nā mokulele ma nā mokulele suborbital hou," wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele NASA ʻo Jim Bridenstine. "ʻO kā mākou hui pū ʻana me ka FAA e kākoʻo i ka ulu ʻana o nā pono Aerospace ʻoihana ʻAmelika e pōmaikaʻi ai iā NASA, ka lāhui, a me ka honua holoʻokoʻa."

E kōkua pū ka MOU i ka FAA a me ka NASA i ka holomua ʻana i ka palekana o ka lehulehu, kōkua i nā ʻenehana ākea hou a me nā wahi no nā manawa noiʻi, a kaʻana like i nā ʻike olakino e pili ana i nā hopena o ka lewa i waena o ka poʻe e noho ana i nā kaʻa kaʻawale a me nā wahi noho.

ʻO ka hana mau ʻana ma waena o nā ʻoihana ʻelua i kahi mea nui e ka hoʻomaka mua loa o nā limahana NASA i laikini ʻia e FAA - ka mikiona NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) i kūleʻa i ka International Space Station i Nowemapa 2020.

ʻO nā hana like ʻē aʻe ma waena o ka FAA a me NASA e pili pū ana me ka Polokalamu Hoʻohana Holo i kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi papa no nā mea noiʻi lele mai ka ʻoihana a me ka ʻepekema e pili ana i nā lele suborbital kalepa a me ka CCP's Suborbital Crew (SubC) e hoʻonui i nā hiki ke lawe i kahi ākea suborbital no nā astronaut NASA a me nā NASA ʻē aʻe. limahana. Koi ʻia kahi laikini FAA e alakaʻi i kekahi kahua mokulele kalepa a i ʻole ke komo hou ʻana, ka hana o kekahi kahua hoʻouka a kikowaena pūnaewele paha e nā kamaʻāina US ma nā wahi āpau o ka honua, a i ʻole kekahi mea a i ʻole nā ​​mea i loko o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.