They just slimmed in.
TheFAA announcedon Friday the program will be discontinued at the end of the year.
The space tourism market is heating up.
Bezos' Blue Origin and Branson’s Virgin Galactic are conducting suborbital flights whileSpaceXis sending humans into orbit.
The FAA decided it was time to ditch the wings, which weretypically given out during ceremonies.
The FAA will still recognize commercial astronauts, but bylisting them on its websiterather than handing out ceremonial wings.
A browse through the current list shows Branson, Bezos, Shatner and the crew ofSpaceX’s Inspiration4mission.
Commercial space travel boom
Anyone with qualifying space travel in 2021 will still receive their wings.
There’s been plenty ofdebate about what qualifies as going to space.
The FAA’s 50-mile standard shows where the administration draws the line.
