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Commercial Spaceport In Texas
Scothoser writes "CNN has this article on a rocket that was launched on a ranch site near Stockton, Texas. Their hope is that it will become a commercial launch site for anything, as long as it is legal. The major reason for this move is that using NASA launch sites are prohibitively expensive. This way someone can launch their home-made satellites for much less than approaching NASA. Now I am just waiting for the HOW-TO on a Linux-run micro-satellite!"
That's probaly how they planned it out, also. Some executive said "we need to be 99.99% sure our rocket won't crash into a major city, killing thousands". So, only one in every 10000th flight results in such a disaster.
I know this might not be a popular position here, but this is very dangerous and should be promptly outlawed. This is what we have NASA for. We can't just have any random guy launching things into space. Rockets, and materials particularily suited for rockets should be banned or at the very least taxed very heavily with harsh prison sentences for violations. We can't allow regular individuals to do or posess dangerous things because it's a risk to society.