FAA: US aviation regulator approves Blue Origin’s license for human space travel on July 20, 2021.
Blue Origin was required to verify its launch vehicle’s hardware. And, also prove that its software worked safely during a test flight. So, the FAA confirmed – it met regulatory requirements.
Former Amazon.com Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is set to fly to eternities of space on Blue Origin’s maiden crewed voyage on July 20.
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday that it approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans on the New Shepard launch system into space.
Former Amazon.com Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is set to fly to the edge of space on Blue Origin's maiden crewed voyage on July 20.
Blue Origin is authorized to carry humans while its FAA license is valid through August.
And, it is approved to conduct these missions from its Launch Site One facility in Texas, the agency confirmed.
Post Virgin Galactic Flight
Blue Origin’s flight will come a little over a week after space-tourism rival Virgin Galactic successfully sent a crew.
- The flight also included its founder, British billionaire Richard Branson, to the edge of space.
The Space Race
Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin, as well as the SpaceX firm founded by rival billionaire Elon Musk are multinational giant owners.
Read here: Elon Musk Buys a ticket to Space from Virgin Galactic!
They are all working to usher in a new era of routine commercial civilian space travel in what has been popularized as the "billionaire space race."
Proving rocket travel is safe for the public is key to developing interest amongst people for space missions.
And, what the Swiss-based investment bank UBS estimates will be a $3 billion annual space tourism market in a decade.
Information Source: Reuters
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