FAA Declared 'SpaceX Must Have Same Boeing Safety Culture' While Dragon to Rescue Starliner!?

it is it is I think launching these Rockets is a safety issue into the Nas and I think it's it's uh a situation that that requires the same level of Safety Management and safety culture that we're working to implement at Boeing needs to that's exactly what the head of the FAA the Aerospace regulator just stated according to them Boeing is the safety standard that SpaceX needs to meet yeah you heard that right however the performance of the two companies on the ISS tells a different story in fact spacex's dragon is set to rescue two astronauts who were left Stranded by Boeing's Starliner is this another FAA misstep let's dive deeper in today's episode of great SpaceX the controversy between the FAA and the rest will certainly not stop soon with the current situation recently in a hearing California Congressman Kevin KY directly questioned FAA administrator Mike Whitaker the FAA administrator repeatedly mentioned safety issues and said that was the reason they punished spacex's Falcon as well as the delayed Starship Mike said I think safety is in the public interest and that's our primary focus uh it's the only tool we have to uh get compliance on safety matters interestingly in this hearing Mike Waker pointed out many unclear items that he said were spacex's violations SpaceX then sent a letter to Kevin Kylie to point out the FAA administrator's wrong arguments this shows that the FAA is not working effectively from its leadership position but what I think caused the most controversy in Mike Whitaker's statement is probably the opinion related to Boeing which I showed at the beginning of the video as he said SpaceX has not ensured operational safety including the problems with Starship and some recent problems with Falcon n but that is clearly absurd with Starship the rocket is still in development so problems are inevitable problems are inevitable if the faa's argument applied to the entire industry perhaps companies in the future would be extremely hesitant to develop Rockets with Falcon 9 its problems do not affect Public Safety and do not affect the flight Target regarding the flight 5 delay the FAA said I think the two-month delay is necessary to comply with the the launch requirements and I think that's an important part of safety culture and it is ridiculous that the FAA chose Boeing's culture as a standard for safety Boeing needs also exist with commercial space Boeing was indeed a giant in the past but entering this entury this company gradually declined in the aviation industry Boeing sometimes had major failures resulting in many losses of Life other failures have usually happened on the Aerospace side Starliner has certainly been the industry's focus this year after years of delays due to problems it launched its cft1 mission in June but when it launched and docked on the ISS this spacecraft showed many problems like helium leaks Thruster failures and more thereby delaying its return schedule causing chaos of the ISS and eventually returning without astronauts currently NASA and Boeing are still struggling to analyze these Starliner problems and have not provided any further updates the next scheduled flight Starliner 1 was pushed back to the end of next year but this could be delayed further if the problem is not disclosed and Boeing is not granted a launch certificate that could lead to Boeing not being able to fulfill the NASA contract I wonder if these are the standards that the FAA mentioned it's a shame at least this time Boeing doesn't deserve to be in that position and by comparison SpaceX is clearly showing that they operate much more safely and efficiently than Boeing with the Falcon rocket before some recent minor issues SpaceX has been operating for nearly a decade without any problems among them the Falcon heavy has maintained a 100% success rate since its launch regarding the ISS dragon is also participating in NASA's Supply program with Starliner but in contrast to the poor performance of Boeing's spacecraft dragon is currently reaching many achievements with nine flights for NASA including a test mission in addition they also carry out many other private missions in the next few days crew nine will be launched to rescue the two astronauts left behind by Starliner at the time of this video Falcon 9 and dragon in this Mission just completed the static fire test the two astronauts Nick ha and Alexander gorinov moved moved to the Launchpad and then SpaceX completed the full rehearsal test with these two astronauts inside Dragon more importantly mentioning safety we can see that dragon is also absolutely successful even with an unprecedented Mission like the Polaris Dawn spacewalk Dragon had also performed excellently it can be said that just with these comparisons we can see that SpaceX is much safer than Boeing that is why the FAA administrator's statement received a strong reaction from Elon Musk he reposted the hearing along with a message about Mike Whitaker he needs to resign obviously the more arguments the more we see that the FAA is trying to slow down SpaceX to favor other companies the Starship delay is clearly beneficial to Ula and blue origin after these companies were delayed due to their own problems and now when it comes to Boeing perhaps this company is also being favored by the FAA there is no Intervention when that spacecraft operates and returns with many problems but but perhaps they have not realized that their regulations are also creating opportunities for other countries especially China to catch up even surpass the US recently a statistic on the launch results in the first quarter once again showed the dominance of SpaceX they launched 429,000 them regarding flight 5 SpaceX recently posted preparation images accompanied by the message SpaceX Engineers have spent years preparing and months testing for the booster catch attempt on flight five with technicians pouring tens of thousands of hours into building the infrastructure to maximize our chances for Success spacex's role is extremely important obviously without SpaceX we would really be surpassed by China in many aspects so sad if we lost that Advantage even the leading position due to problems from with in the country what do you think about the FAA administrators statements should Mike and his agency be kicked out of the Aerospace industry respond yes in the comment section if you agree then be sure to like share the video and subscribe to our channel to continue following spacex's development Journey despite facing many challenges SpaceX continues to make impressive strides with its Falcon 9 rocket at 12:01 a.m. EDT on September 24th a falcon 9 lifted off from SLC 4E in California marking the 64th starlink mission of the year the booster for this Mission b1081 successfully landed on the of course I still love you or ois l y drone ship completing its 10th Mission this Landing was the 103rd for assasi and the 351st overall for SpaceX boosters b1081 had previously supported several notable missions including two to the International Space Station with crew 7 and CRS 29 two climate monitoring satellites for NASA's Pac and issa's Earth care and the transporter 10 right share Mission more significantly with this Mission SpaceX achieved its 92nd launch of the Year officially surpassing the previous record set last year when combined with one Falcon heavy Mission and two Starship missions SpaceX has now completed 95 missions in 2024 looking ahead SpaceX has even more Milestones to conquer they are just three launches away from matching last year's total of 98 launches and need two more beyond that to hit 100 launches for the year Falcon 9 alone is eight missions away from its own 100th launch with a goal of 148 launches for the year and over 3 months left to achieve it SpaceX remains well on track records are breaking continuously despite the obstacles the launch schedule is growing tighter as the year comes to a close so stay tuned to follow spacex's upcoming Milestones alongside SpaceX Firefly Aerospace has also made significant strides this year recently securing an important launch contract NASA awarded Firefly a texas-based company a contract on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or Noah through the Venture class acquisition of dedicated and ride share or Vader launch Services Vader launch Services Program Vader allows NASA to offer fixed price contracts for satellite launches under this contract Firefly will launch quick Sounder a prototype for Noah's Next Generation environmental satellites in low earth orbit although the value of the the award was not disclosed the Vader program offers a maximum total value of $300 million across all contracts during its 5year ordering period according to the Noah web page quick Sounder is part of Noah's near Earth orbit Network or neon a new generation of polar orbiting weather satellites its mission is to collect critical weather data for several organizations including the National Weather Service as stated on the Noah web page the quick Sounder Mission will support Noah's Next Generation satellite architecture for its future low earth orbit program which will provide Mission critical data for the agency's National Weather Service the nation's weather industry and other users worldwide the launch is currently scheduled for no earlier than February of 2026 Noah in collaboration with NASA is focusing on speeding up the development of small to medium-sized satellites to enhance weather forecasting disaster management and climate monitoring NASA will handle the development and launch of these satellites while Noah will provide funding technical requirements and manage postlaunch operations this contract marks a valuable achievement for Firefly offering an opportunity to establish greater credibility in the Aerospace industry historically Noah has relied on highly Dependable companies like SpaceX for its satellite launches making this both an opportunity and a challenge for Firefly it will be interesting to see how they manage this significant responsibility well folks that's about it for today's episode thank you so much for tuning in and as always this has been Kevin from great SpaceX until next time keep looking up