SpaceX's Gwynne Shotwell Accuses Regulators Of Slowing Down Innovation: 'Physics Is Easy. People Are Hard'

SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell on Friday criticized regulators for slowing down the pace of innovation at her rocket manufacturing company.

What Happened: “Permissions are a different thing. Technology is easy. Physics is easy. People are hard; regulator people are the hardest,” Shotwell said at a conference hosted by Baron Capital in New York on Friday. The CEO also alleged that regulations are slowing down innovation in the U.S.

“All we ask is: regulate industries. Make them safe, make them right, make them fair. But we've got to go faster. Much faster,” Shotwell said.

In September, SpaceX said in a blog post that the delay ...

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