SpaceX Seeks to Head Off New Human Spaceflight Safety Rules

  • SpaceX, other spaceflight firms to testify Wednesday at Senate
  • FAA struggling to keep up with launch demands, SpaceX argues

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. plans to advocate to the US Congress on Wednesday for a multiyear extension of a ban on imposing safety regulations on commercial human spaceflight.

An executive at Elon Musk’s rocket company who is scheduled to testify at a Senate subcommittee hearing plans to argue that the Federal Aviation Administration already is struggling to keep pace with a rapidly shifting rocket launch industry.