在最近的一次海上着陆导致四名宇航员全部住院后，NASA 担心 SpaceX 会优先考虑其任务计划而不是安全。前宇航员肯特·罗明格 (Kent Rominger) 在 10 月 31 日举行的航空航天安全咨询小组会议上告诫该公司，列举了 SpaceX 的猎鹰 9 号火箭和龙飞船最近出现的一系列问题。 “NASA 和 SpaceX 都需要继续关注安全的龙飞船操作，不要将任何‘正常’操作视为理所当然，”ASAP 委员会成员周四表示，SpaceNews 首次报道了这一消息。罗明格还认为，安全需要更多地关注老化的硬件，尤其是在“操作速度加快”的情况下。 自 7 月猎鹰 9 号火箭的第二级未能点燃第二次燃烧，导致其在发射后约一小时爆炸以来，SpaceX 已记录了多起设备故障和挫折。这次无人驾驶任务结束了该公司近八年的成功记录，并使发射停飞了大约两周。类似的问题导致八月和九月的任务进一步推迟。

NASA warns SpaceX over safety issues after astronaut hospitalization

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-warns-spacex-over-safety-190913849.html

NASA is concerned SpaceX is prioritizing its mission schedule over safety after a recent ocean landing resulted in the brief hospitalizations of all four astronauts. Former astronaut Kent Rominger admonished the company during an October 31 meeting of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, citing a list of recent problems involving both SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule.

“Both NASA and SpaceX need to maintain focus on safe Crew Dragon operations and not take any ‘normal’ operations for granted,” said the ASAP committee member on Thursday, as first reported by SpaceNews. Rominger also argued that safety requires increased attention on aging hardware, especially as “the pace of operations increases.”

SpaceX has documented multiple equipment malfunctions and setbacks since at least July when a Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage failed to ignite its second burn, causing it to explode roughly an hour after launch. The uncrewed mission ended a nearly eight-year success streak for the company and grounded launches for roughly two weeks. Similar issues prompted additional mission delays in both August and September.