Did TRA not realize that their rulemakings requiring that manufactures be individually approved (at the org level) as "officially recognized manufacturers" (as provided for in the "Basic Policies Extract" etc.) were going to result in the barring of a significant variety of then- extant motor sources??
Or were they so desperate to expedite NFPA adoption of the "HPR safety code" (why the rush?) that they tried to make it "as much like the model rocket code as possible" (including trying to mirror the "strict Consumer rocketry" focus of the MR code) in hopes of smoothing its passage through the NFPA committee process ("let's make it like what they're used to..."), not caring that they were making regulations inconsistent with historical practice? Or was that simply considered an acceptable price for "NFPA-style Respectability"?
-dave w