Re: Man Rating - let Lloyds do it


"Alex Terrell" <alexterrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I think they apply to commercial vehicles carrying NASA astronauts.

Yeah, that's probably true.

NASA "customers" aside, launcher/spacecraft that will be operated on a
commercial basis won't have to meet those requirements, which even NASA's
own vehicles (plus Russia's) don't meet. Personally, I think that once an
operator demonstrates consistently safe operations NASA will cave on its
requirements - although I'm not holding my breath waiting for the day NASA
buys a seat on a truly commercial carrier. It will still want to own/operate
its own transportation and it will still levy its own over-burdensome
requirements on the builder of whatever system it wants.


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