PART 8Safety of operator’s spaceflight activities
CHAPTER 5Additional safety requirements for launch vehicles with human occupants
SECTION 3The launch vehicle
Additional conditions if the launch vehicle has a human occupant109
1
The systems referred to in regulation 91(3)(d) are that, if the launch vehicle has a human occupant, that vehicle must have—
a
a system capable of providing on board power and atmospheric conditions for the inhabited areas of the launch vehicle which are adequate to sustain life and consciousness of a human occupant or equipment to provide such conditions to each human occupant,
b
an adequate redundant system for supplying oxygen to a human occupant and preventing depressurisation, or the harmful effects of depressurisation, in inhabited areas of the launch vehicle,
c
a system capable of warning the pilot in command or the remote pilot of any significant accumulation of ice on the exterior of the launch vehicle,
d
a system which enables the spaceflight operator or any crew to detect smoke in the inhabited areas of the launch vehicle and to assist in preventing or suppressing a fire in that area,
e
a system capable of displaying any information necessary to any flight crew to ensure that the flight is carried out safely, and
f
a system capable of restraining any member of the crew or any spaceflight participant in their seat when necessary to ensure that the flight is carried out safely.
2
Any system referred to in paragraph (1) includes any hardware or software relating to that system and must—
a
be suited to the operator’s spaceflight activities, and
b
be capable of functioning during those activities.
3
If a launch vehicle has a human occupant, that vehicle must have a flight recorder.
4
In this regulation “a redundant system” means a system which provides the essential services of a primary system in the event of the failure of such a primary system.