Space Tourist Standards

Snuffleupagus writes: "I found an interesting story at cnn.com about NASA's new standards for civilian space travel. It looks like if you have a history of drinking, lying and cheating you won't be going into space anytime soon, no matter how much money you have. Looks like I'll be stuck here on Earth for awhile." The guidelines for future space tourists are on NASA's site.

Comments

The Future

[Toby Truman]

This applies just to the space station, it seems, not to space in general. The thing to remember is that NASA has no real authority over space -- It's just space, it doesn't belong to anyone. They *do* have authority, however, over the facilities that we put into space, so they get to call the shots on the space station.

Re:The Future

[Lumpy]

please correct that further... They can control the United states modules of the ISS. The Russians would get mighty pissed if the US space angency tries to tell them what they can do with their property...

This really only amounts to someone in NASA trying to justify their job and trying to make policy that is pretty much silly and un-warrented.

Re:The Future

[CrazyBrett]

The thing to remember is that NASA has no real authority over space -- It's just space, it doesn't belong to anyone.

I remember when we used to say that about the internet too.

Give it time.

Re:Yep... These won't change...

[aardvarkjoe]

Well, of course. By the time you and I get in to space, the rules will have to have been changed. Otherwise we wouldn't be there. See?

NASA != Space

[seanellis]

Subject line says it all, really.

Commercial spacelines wouldn't be using NASA facilities anyway; they're too expensive.

Yes, another crazy idea

[mrroot]

I wonder how much additional money it would generate if the govt had a "lottery" for space travel instead of a you-pay-you-go type thing. I bet they could work it out to generate alot more money per space tourist that way, while giving us ordinary citizens a chance to go.