To address the rapid growth of the commercial space industry, the ***** administration has vowed to streamline the licensing process for rocket launches. But as the government has taken steps to fulfill this task, some in the commercial space industry are crying foul, arguing that the administration is poised to make changes that may make regulations more demanding than they were before.
To launch a rocket, companies must get a series of licenses, including one from the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA doesn’t have any say over what a company is launching, but it deems a rocket safe to the uninvolved public and property. Currently, companies must go through a series of steps to get this license. But in February 2018, *****’s…