Mission success regulations,their effect on ELV launch success and the applicability to regulating commercial human spaceflight |
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| Authors: | Raymond Leung Shahram Sarkani Thomas Mazzuchi |
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| Institution: | 1. NAV-Portugal, EPE, 1700-008 Lisbon, Portugal;2. Space Policy Institute, George Washington University, 1957 E Street NW, Suite 403, Washington DC 20052, USA;3. German Aerospace Center DLR, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, 51170 Cologne, Germany;4. European Space Policy Institute, A-1030 Vienna, Austria;1. INAF and the National Institute of Astrophysics, via E. Bassini 15, 20133 Milan, Italy;2. Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, Vicenza, Italy;3. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Parma, Italy;4. Department of Economy and Technology, University of San Marino, San Marino |
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| Abstract: | As the human spaceflight industry grows the agencies charged with regulating that industry meet significant challenges. An improvement in launch success would improve the safety for the crew and passengers of a commercial human spaceflight. With respect to ELV launches, NASA's regulations over civil launches are mission success oriented while commercial launches regulated by the FAA-AST, the agency that will also be charged with human spaceflight, takes a more public safety oriented stance. A comparison of the launch success between civil and commercial launches is used to inform the decision on whether or not mission success would be an appropriate regulatory stance for the FAA-AST. The results show that there is no significant difference in launch success between civil and commercial ELV launches. Because of this and because the industry is wary of over regulation, there is indication that a mission success oriented stance might not be appropriate for regulating commercial human spaceflight. |
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| Keywords: | Launch ELV FAA NASA |
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