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Group Of Lawmakers Expresses Support For FAA Oversight Of SpaceX Anomaly

Pat Host

Wednesday, October 5th, 2016

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Group Of Lawmakers Expresses Support For FAA Oversight Of SpaceX Anomaly

Screen shot of footage from SpaceX failure on September 1 at Cape Canaveral. Photo from YouTube video by USLaunchReport.

Twenty-four lawmakers on Friday expressed support for the FAA’s oversight of the early September Space Exploration Technology Corp. (SpaceX) anomaly at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.“We are pleased that FAA is maintaining a strong and prudent oversight role that appropriately draws upon private sector insight in ensuring a robust investigative process and safe return to flight for SpaceX,” the lawmakers said in a letter to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, Air Force Secretary Deborah James and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.…

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