A spokesperson from the FAA told TechCrunch in an emailed statement that the company’s request was not granted at this time “due to the overall safety, risk and impact analysis.”
And I wouldn’t doubt that that played a huge role in the decision, but I’m curious as to what, if anything, changed between when they created the mission profile /launched it, and now. Did they not get some basic permit to launch it that also included the entry plan, which was approved?
Yep, definitely an option. I guess I’m just confused as to why this is just now a problem and they didn’t have a plan from the beginning. Or if they did, what changed?
That could mean so many different things.
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And I wouldn’t doubt that that played a huge role in the decision, but I’m curious as to what, if anything, changed between when they created the mission profile /launched it, and now. Did they not get some basic permit to launch it that also included the entry plan, which was approved?
That’s what I’m unsure of.
I think they’re more worried about it landing on someone’s head.
Nah, they’re probably afraid subject else would get to it first and steal trade secrets. The Greed Principle overrides Occam’s Razor.
Could just explicitly mean impact analysis, like we’re not cool with what happens if the parachute burns up or fails to deploy.
Yep, definitely an option. I guess I’m just confused as to why this is just now a problem and they didn’t have a plan from the beginning. Or if they did, what changed?
Right? Like was the kickstarter only partially funded ;-)