, killing all five people on board and raising questions about how such extreme adventures should be regulated. In the world of commercial spaceflight, that debate has been ongoing for years and is starting to intensify as a prohibition on strict regulations imposed by Congress is set to expire.The Federal Aviation Administration governs with a light touch, issuing launch and reentry licenses to ensure space companies protect people and property on the ground.
Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Jeff Bezos, has been working with the FAA after its suborbital rocket, called New Shepard, suffered an engine failure during a flight without any people on board last year. The company said it understands what caused the problems and is working to resume flying soon. Bezos was on its first human spaceflight mission in 2021. Since then, it has flown some paying customers but has been grounded since the accident last September.
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