Again, the FAA is not responsible for the safety of passengers in space vehicles. There is no procedure in place or regulatory authority for the FAA to “certify” Armadillo’s avionics.

Pardon? Does FAA certification somehow make avionics safer? Since you’re fan of Burt Rutan, you’d probably be interested in knowing that it’s his opinion that FAA certification makes passengers LESS safe, since their methods discourage safety-improving innovation.

You cannot operate a commercial airborne vehicle of any kind without certified avionics. This is why Burt Rutan kept SS1 a mechanically control vehicle with backup “old school” instruments.

Besides, I wouldn’t want to fly in a fly-by-wire vehicle with as many software glitches as Microsoft Windows…

a) FAA-AST does not certify space vehicles.
b) “Man rating” is meaningless in this context.
c) FAA-AST is not responsible for passenger safety, only that of uninvolved third parties.

Besides, even if it was just a big green button that says “GO” and the pilot/operator just has to press it, and even if this operator does four flights a day, five days a week I think it’s still one hell of a job! As a pilot myself I’d still love to be the one to hit that button.