Mojave spaceport [Update]

The issues between Mojave and FAA/AST over rocket fuel storage seem more serious than I first thought: Mojave Air and Space Port in danger of losing designation - Antelope Valley Press - Dec.6.07. Sounds like Mojave could lose its spaceport license because it doesn't know how to specify safety plans for every conceivable fuel that might be used by rocket companies there.

[Update Dec.7.07: More comments on this situation:
/-- Bureaucratic Overreach? - Transterrestrial Musings
/-- Mojave Spaceport Under FAA Scrutiny - Space Law Probe
]

[Update: See this post for new info.]

Posted 12/06/07 | 16:28:20 by TopSpacer | Filed under: Spaceports

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This doesn't sound like the FAA/AST I've been hearing described lately. If I had to guess, I'd say it was corrupt political interference from higher up the food chain on behalf of some banal interest. Happens all the time under Republicans.

Posted by UNoHoo at 12/06/07 17:17:21

obvious troll. let it pass, i beg you.

Posted by WeDontCareHoo at 12/06/07 19:13:04

Did you have any comment on the story? No? Guess what that makes you? Have a nice day, troll.

Posted by UNoHoo at 12/07/07 04:39:46

Rather than interference from some higher-up elected official, this has the smell of bureaucratic overreach, as indicated by Rand Simberg. Mojave is safely storing all currently-used propellants, and insisting that they have storage plans for every possible rocket fuel that might be used in the future is not only unreasonable, it is way beyond the FAA-AST's purview. The only agencies who might make such requests would be the EPA or OHSA, and even then the requests would be unreasonable. Perhaps Mojave should simply give FAA-AST their ISO-14001 manual and claim compliance.

Posted by Ed Minchau at 12/07/07 07:15:26

UNoHoo, your comment was retarded. We all know what that makes you.....retard.

Posted by Captain Obvious at 12/07/07 10:48:03

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