Michael Kelly
Chief Engineer, Office of Commercial Spaceflight
Federal Aviation Administration
“Commercial Human Spaceflight: The Coming Safety Challenge
Changes at FAA
- AST split in several offices, including chief engineer’s offic
- Former astronaut Pamela Ann Melroy has been added as senior adviser for human spaceflight — flew on STS-92, 112 and 120 — previously serve as Deputy Program Manager for Space Exploration Initiatives at Lockheed Martin after leaving the astronaut corps
- reorganizing field offices
- adding a second position at Mojave, new positions at Wallops and JSC
- Planned tech center with 50 people at KSC will not happen
- Moritorium on regulations has been expanded to Oct. 1, 2015 — although FAA can propose rules if there is an accident