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US Draw Up Rules for Space Tourism

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the rule-one:-must-be-sexy dept.

AsiNisiMasa writes "The BBC reports that the United States Federal Aviation Administration has drafted a report proposing some regulations regarding space tourism. Among the rules is a set of guidelines to prevent terrorists from gaining access to the space ships in order to use them as weapons. Many of the other regulations are similar to those regarding regular commercial flights, including safety advice precluding the flights. From the article: 'Space tourists should also be given pre-flight training to handle emergency situations such as a loss of cabin pressure or fire. However, the FAA has so far left any medical requirements in the hands of the tourist, who should decide themselves if they are fit to fly.' The final report will affect enterprises such as Sir Richard Branson's SpaceShipOne."

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  1. Re:Not entirely useless by Troed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To get pools of molten steel, with temperatures over 1000 degrees a week after, you need to do a lot more than weaken it ;)

    (I'm a Mechanical Engineer, btw. I consider his paper sound - it's the offical explanation that needs more than a few leaps of faith just to explain how the building(s) could fall exactly into their own footprint!)

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  2. Re:Not entirely useless by Troed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There were both motive and opportunity (2 days before 9/11 the building's security systems were shut down - never happened before - including calling off the bomb dogs, and special groups went through and did work in the buildings)

    The pancake theory does not explain the perfect collapse of WTC7. No other theory besides controlled demolition do, actually.

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  3. Re:Not entirely useless by Troed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Answers to all of the above, with good sources and logical reasoning, are already available from the sites I've linked to. Seriously, do you really think people would consider the "Pear Harbour"-explanation sound if there weren't lots of logical facts behind it?

    (Even though as soon as you mention something along these lines you get "mod bombed" on Slashdot. I've just had 5 posts modded down - even in totally unrelated threads. Who are these kids who think that will make a difference?)

    http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/911_reichstag.ht ml

    Occam's razor. The above link contains the only explanation that makes sense.

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