
Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) wants to elevate the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) by moving it back to the Transportation Department (DOT) and giving it assistant secretary leadership.Bridenstine told an industry audience Wednesday that AST’s current placement in the FAA leads to battles for the focus of resources and finances and, thus, hurts the American space enterprise. He suggested President Donald Trump use an executive order like President Bill Clinton did in 1995 to elevate…