Safety & Quality

Compliance

Last updated: March 2026

1. Safety Commitment

CasDrive places safety as the highest priority in all research and design work. A core value proposition of personal spacecraft is making space travel safely accessible to ordinary people — which means safety standards must far exceed current aerospace industry benchmarks.

2. Design Safety Principles

Redundancy — All critical systems employ multiple redundancy. No single failure may lead to catastrophic consequences
Graceful degradation — Systems must degrade safely in failure modes rather than fail completely
Non-professional operation — Spacecraft must be suitable for operation by people without astronaut training, with correspondingly increased safety margins
Autonomous emergency response — Emergency handling capability independent of ground control centers

3. Seven Safety Domains

Domain	Focus Areas
Launch Safety	Structural integrity during ascent, propulsion reliability, escape systems
Radiation Protection	Shielding from cosmic rays and solar particle events, especially for extended flights
Life Support	Closed-loop reliability of oxygen, temperature, pressure, water recycling, waste management
Re-entry Safety	Thermal protection systems, deceleration mechanisms, landing precision
Structural Integrity	Micrometeorite protection, thermal cycle fatigue, seal integrity
Human Factors	Intuitive control interfaces, g-force tolerance, psychological support
Emergency Response	Fault detection and autonomous handling, emergency return, search and rescue coordination

4. Quality Management

Research outputs undergo internal peer review
Design parameters use conservative engineering margins
All calculation and simulation source data is archived for traceability
Open publication for external academic community review

5. Compliance Framework

We reference the following standards and regulatory frameworks:

PRC Civil Aviation Law and space-related regulations
ICAO safety standards (applicable to atmospheric phases)
ISO 14620 Space systems safety requirements
NASA-STD-8719 Safety Standard (as design reference)

6. Incident Reporting

Upon entering prototype and testing phases, all safety incidents will be thoroughly documented, investigated, and findings published openly to promote industry-wide safety improvement.