摘要: |
Prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), this EnvironmentalAssessment (EA) evaluates the proposed landing and recovery of the Boeing Commercial CrewTransportation System (CCTS) Starliner spacecraft on the Rogers Dry Lake Bed at Edwards Air ForceBase (EAFB) in California. The NASA and the DAF are the co-lead agencies for this EA and the FAA is acooperating agency.This EA analyzes impacts on the environment of a site at Rogers Dry Lake Bed for the landing of theStarliner and documents three others that did not meet the selection criteria. Under the Proposed ActionAlternative, the Boeing Starliner would land at EAFB under certain emergency scenarios to prevent alanding in the ocean. The No Action Alternative, under which no landing would take place at EAFB andexisting conditions would continue, is also analyzed in the EA to provide a baseline against which impactspotentially resulting from the action alternative can be compared. The Proposed Action Alternative is theNASA’s Preferred Alternative. Detailed discussions of impacts on physical, biological, and socialresources potentially resulting from each of the alternatives are presented in the EA. This EA will also beused as part of Boeing’s request for an FAA license to support Starliner spacecraft landings at EAFB. |