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March 14, 2018

Airborne 03.14.18: FAA Bill Update, 'Short' Mars Flts, CA Fuel Shortage?

Also: FAA Revokes AeroBearings’ Cert, Gogo Appoints Thorne, Space Festival, Daher Names Rep For India

Another contentious issue potentially blocking passage of a long-term FAA authorization bill was dropped by its sponsor. Senator John Thune (R-SD), chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, apparently withdrew a controversial provision from the Senate version of the FAA funding legislation that would have reduced the amount of training needed for pilots to become first officers for US airlines. Thune's proposal would have allowed pilots to count activities other than actual flight hours towards the 1,500-hour requirement for an airline job. Elon Musk told an audience at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, TX that he expects to be flying "short"

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Lower Michigan May Be In Path Of Reentering Chinese Space Station

Spacecraft Expected To Enter Earth's Atmosphere In Early April

When the abandoned Chinese Tiangong-1 space station makes an uncontrolled reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, there is a chance it will impact the planet in lower Michigan, according to researchers.

Robert Lightfoot Will Step Down At The End Of April

Acting NASA administrator Robert Lightfoot announced in an internal memo Monday that he will step down and retire at the end of April.

Key Milestone In County's Quest For Commercial Space Operations

The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) has released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts that may result if FAA issues a Launch Site Operator License to the Camden County Board of Commissioners (the County) to operate a commercial space launch site, called Spaceport Camden, on the Atlantic seaboard in Camden County, Georgia.