Satadru Pramanik: As I understand it the problem with the FAA is that they wear two conflicting hats, regulatory and promotion of industry, whereas the NTSB doesn't have _that_ issue? As such I would hope that 1) the NTSB would be involved and 2) that their threshold for involvement would be low, e.g., malfunction.

Very curious about this Boeing Starliner press conference today. They’re going to get hammered (and rightly so).

At what point do Starliner and Dragon flights start falling under the purview of the NTSB?

For commercial space, basically if there’s a fatality or serious injury — but it would be between thm and the FAA for an investigation

As I understand it the problem with the FAA is that they wear two conflicting hats, regulatory and promotion of industry, whereas the NTSB doesn't have _that_ issue? As such I would hope that 1) the NTSB would be involved and 2) that their threshold for involvement would be low, e.g., malfunction.

There is an agreement between the two agencies to collaborate on commercial space investigation accidents of a certain level. The FAA does most of the work right now through their mishap investigations.

Thank you for sharing your expertise!

That’s why I’m here!!!

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