Elon Musk describes some of the bureaucratic, regulatory hoops through which he and SpaceX had to jump in order to get approval to launch their rockets. It's mind-boggling, but also very funny.
If this is just one example of bureaucratic idiocy, how many more are out there? And how much of their administrative deadwood is weighing down the US economy as a whole?
Peter
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Decades ago, OSHA and FDA both threatening to close a meat packing plant. One because the floor was wet, the other because the floor was dry. To have a bureaucracy is madness.
Air medical flight nurse, 1990s. Argument between OSHA and FAA - whether we (flight nurses/medics) had to wear surgical masks and be gowned for patients..... We (workers) basically said that's a fight between govt bureacracy...... FAA won.....
If Musk ever gets to form the Department of Government Efficiency, I would like to establish and run the Office of Redundancy Reduction Office
Bureaucracy=parasitic cancer.
He is being hounded by the Feds because he hasn't hired illegals or asylum seekers. At the same time he's being hounded by the Feds because ITAR says he can't hire illegals or asylum seekers.
And he's being scrutinized by various environmental agencies and groups because he's polluting the environment with fresh water.
He's offered to build a causeway/bridge around the SpaceX build and launch sites to as to reduce the amount of road closures but the environmental groups won't allow him because the environment.
Crazy.
Then there's Blue Origin who's suing SpaceX because the increased launch cadence at the Cape is making it too dangerous for other launch providers to potentially launch their launches if they were able to actually have something to launch.
I bid a job to repair the roof of a cupola. The cupola was at the corner of the roof of a three story building.
Both the city and the county Building & Planning got involved. Because it was a historical building, the historical and architectural review departments got involved.
A very long story cut short: the total bid was over $90,000, the actual roof repair was less than $2,000. It took nearly one year before the job was cancelled due to exorbitant costs. Meanwhile, weather continued to happen, the damage to the building continued to enlarge unabated.
I wonder if moving SpaceX to Peru and some other country is in the back of Musk's mind ?
Would be cool if Musk had told them "no, we're a for-profit company and hitting sharks and whales costs extra".
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