NASA, FAA working on commercial space-flight rules

by Christopher Smith Gonzalez / The Daily News khou.com Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:43 AM HOUSTON Commercial flights into space might be a few years away, but NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration are laying the groundwork for the licensing and regulation requirements for those flights. Heads of the two government agencies signed a memorandum of agreement that aviation administration acting Administrator Michael Huerta said provides a regulating framework and avoids conflicting sets of requirements and standards. Continue reading