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Re:Virgin Galactic flights grounded over Branson spaceflight... by toiletaccount on Thursday September 02, 2021 @07:48PM (#28398801)
Hah. I have a love/hate relationship with the FAA. Funny story: a building was something like a foot over spec, about a mile off the end of a regional airport and the FAA found out. I do not envy the builder.

I've known some FAA people and they're some of the more interesting types I've come across.

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Re:Virgin Galactic flights grounded over Branson spaceflight... by hutzlibu on Friday September 03, 2021 @03:59AM (#28401568)
" a building was something like a foot over spec, about a mile off the end of a regional airport and the FAA found out."

Well I suppose the line of reasoning is, if here is something wrong and not according to spec, then maybe there are more critical things out of spec.

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