Congress Plans Space Tourism Regulation

ackthpt writes "No new venture seems to escape some regulation, as is the case with the budding space tourism industry. As I piloted my personal groundcraft through pea-soup fog this morning (observing about half the others driving with lights off) CNN News mentioned impending regulation and legislation is on the way to govern commercial space transportation. Among concerns are safety of uninvolved public (to ensure boosters or other launch vehicle parts don't land on the unsuspecting public), assessing risk to passengers and level of fitness necessary to withstand the forces and conditions of spaceflight. Addressing such concerns are the FAA's office of commercial space transportation and the Commerce Department's Office of Space Commercialization and of course the US Congress."

Comments

Lucky

[pete-classic]

observing about half the others driving with lights off

Actually, only about a third of the people on the roads in your area this morning had their lights on.

I'd say you were damn lucky this morning.

-Peter

Speeding tickets?

[halivar]

Methinks they may try to put governors on our launch boosters. Too bad, I really wanted to rice out my first rocketship.

Re:And just like that,

[drakaan]

You, sir, are not sufficiently paranoid.

Re:And just like that,

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, CBS said so. It must be true then.

Jinkees!

[macwarriorny]

Now it's going to be harder to meet Bleep Bleep and the other Pussycats in outer space.