From: Space News
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At the previous Council meeting in October, Vice President Mike Pence, chairman of the Council, directed the Secretaries of Commerce and Transportation, as well as the Office of Management and Budget, to carry out a “full review of our regulatory framework for commercial space” to identify potential reforms, and provide a report in 45 days.
The head of the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) embraced that effort. “The great thing for us about tackling that assignment is that we are totally on board: no arm-twisting required,” George Nield, FAA associate administrator for commercial space transportation, said at the conference Feb. 7. “Regulatory streamlining is something that is good for industry and good for the government.”
