Who’s an astronaut? FAA weighs in on a murky issue for suborbital space travelers
GeekWire
JULY 21, 2021
The answer appears to be no, if you go by the Federal Aviation Administration’s newly issued guidelines for its commercial space astronaut wings program. Those guidelines suggest that astronaut wings can go only to crew members on a licensed spacecraft who contribute to flight safety and rise above the 50-mile altitude mark.
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