14 CFR §431.37
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- (a)Mission readiness requirements. An applicant shall submit the following procedures for verifying mission readiness:
- (1)Mission readiness review procedures that involve the applicant's vehicle safety operations personnel, and launch site and reentry site personnel involved in the mission. The procedures shall ensure a mission readiness review is conducted during which the designated individual responsible for the conduct of licensed activities under § 431.33(b) is provided with the following information to make a judgment as to mission readiness—
- (i)Readiness of the RLV including safety-critical systems and payload for launch and reentry flight;
- (ii)Readiness of the launch site, personnel, and safety-related launch property and launch services to be provided by the launch site;
- (iii)Readiness of the reentry site, personnel, and safety-related property and services for reentry flight and vehicle recovery;
- (iv)Readiness of vehicle safety operations personnel to support mission flight, including results of dress rehearsals and simulations conducted in accordance with paragraph (a)(4) of this section;
- (v)Mission rules and constraints, including contingency abort plans and procedures, if any, as required under § 431.39;
- (vi)Unresolved safety issues identified during the mission readiness review and plans for addressing them; and
- (vii)Any additional safety information required by the individual designated under § 431.33(b) to determine launch and reentry readiness.
- (2)Procedures that ensure mission constraints, rules, contingency abort and emergency abort procedures are listed and consolidated in a safety directive or notebook approved by the person designated by the applicant under § 431.33(b), the launch site operator, and the reentry site operator, if any;
- (3)Procedures that ensure currency and consistency of licensee, launch site operator, and reentry site operator checklists;
- (4)Dress rehearsal procedures that—
- (5)Procedures for ensuring the licensee's vehicle safety operations personnel adhere to crew rest rules of this part.
- (1)Mission readiness review procedures that involve the applicant's vehicle safety operations personnel, and launch site and reentry site personnel involved in the mission. The procedures shall ensure a mission readiness review is conducted during which the designated individual responsible for the conduct of licensed activities under § 431.33(b) is provided with the following information to make a judgment as to mission readiness—
- (b)[Reserved]