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Private Spaceflight Law Shot Down

Posted by michael on from the falling-down-on-new-jersey dept.

wiggles writes "MSNBC says that bill HR3752, which allows private, suborbital tourist flights, has died. We'll have to wait until next year for this one. According to the article, 'The bill would have put private-sector suborbital spaceflights on much firmer regulatory footing. It was approved overwhelmingly by the House back in March but languished in the Senate for months.'"

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  1. Re:This is nonsense by learn+fast · · Score: 4, Informative

    "There are no laws preventing commercial space flight."

    No, it's been regulated by the FAA since 1991. This bill would have just changed the regulations a bit. In any event this is still suborbital flight we're talking about.