FAA Releases Updated Space Tourist Safety Recommendations

The recommendations are the first update from the agency since 2014 and cover design, manufacturing, and operations.

Kimberly Johnson

Monday, October 02, 2023 at 01:48 PM ET

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Blue Origin’s orbital road to space at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: Blue Origin

Key Takeaways:

The FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) has issued updated recommendations to enhance safety for commercial space vehicle occupants, covering preflight to landing.
These are the first updates since 2014, integrating lessons learned from the NASA Commercial Crew program and recent commercial spaceflights, and encompass design, manufacturing, and operations.
Key new recommendations include strengthening cybersecurity measures for critical vehicle functions and promoting the development and use of voluntary consensus standards for human space flight occupant safety.

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The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) announced it has updated a list of recommendations aimed at limiting hazards that commercial space vehicle occupants could encounter, from preflight to landing.

The recommendations, which are the first since 2014, cover the gamut across design, manufacturing, and operations, and are based on lessons learned during the NASA Commercial Crew program, as well as recent commercial space fights, the FAA said Friday.