The FAA is developing an air traffic tool built for the space age. It may need help

Photo caption: SpaceX’s Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, on Nov. 18, 2023. Photo credit: Timothy A. Clary / AFP via Getty Images. Article by Rebecca Heilweil. FedScoop – December 14, 2023.

Documents lend insight into the state of a tool meant to help integrate commercial space launches into the national airspace.

When a rocket is launched into orbit, the Federal Aviation Administration will close off airspace — a measure to prevent even the remote risk of debris hitting an airplane.  That wasn’t always a problem, since rocket launches were relatively rare events. But now, […]

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