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Private Spaceflight Law Revived

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the up-up-and-away dept.

Lord Byron II writes "In an update to this earlier Slashdot story, after the defeat of HR3752, California representative Dana Rohrabacher reintroduced the legislation as HR5382. This new bill has just passed the crucial role call vote necessary to maintain it during the "lame-duck" session. MSNBC has more information on this bill that will enable the private spaceflight industry to (both literally and figuratively) takeoff and from Google News."

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  1. Re:Uh, wouldn't no laws at all be better? by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wouldn't a lack of regulation really allow private spaceflight to "take off?"

    As long as it doesn't "take off" into the flight path of a 747. There needs to be a designated unpopulated region where these people can go play space cadet.