James Van Laak introduced himself. He has been with FAA for five months. He is very much into flying. He is a pilot and has flown over five thousand hours. He has built two planes, and done extensive modifications on two more planes.
He covered some recent FAA activities:
Lunar Lander Challenge - nice job by several people
Amateur Rocket Rule - recent improvements have been in the works for a couple years
Progress toward "One-Stop Shop"
Agreement on regulating hybrid launch systems - White Knight 2 will go from experimental airplane to a launch system, more paperwork.
Reviewing methods and tools - if not communicating, then it isn't working.
Drafting AST enforcement policy - James is trying to improve the enforcement policy.
James admitted there are some sort spots. He covered some of the things that the private space industry is frustrated with. He mentioned that there are some things that the FAA worries about, like sloppy, late, incomplete, and incorrect applications.
The full agenda
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