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SpaceX Gets First Private FAA Space Reentry License

Posted by kdawson on from the interpanetary-driver's-license dept.

coondoggie sends in a Network World story that begins "Space Exploration Technologies (Space X) got the first-ever Federal Aviation Administration license allowing the reentry to Earth of a privately developed spacecraft. The license was needed because the Space X Dragon space capsule is scheduled to launch atop Space X's Falcon 9 rocket on Dec. 7 and return to earth. The Launch of the rocket had already been approved by the FAA. The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation noted that it has licensed over 200 successful launches."

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  1. Re:What? by interkin3tic · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You need to submit to either the pornography machine or through-the-clothing full body cavity search just to fly across the state. I wouldn't be surprised if they required a quarantine period for re-entry. If I remember correctly, they actually did quarantine the first few astronauts.

    Gotta protect against space bugs after all

  2. Oblig wikipedia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Lack of licenses for the actions to which you refer never stopped a gay couple. KDAWSON has been teabagging CmdrTaco for longer than either of us has been around. As for the Back Door Drama, well, let's say has still been going on between those two for longer than homosexuals have been able to be married in the US, so your point is moot.

  3. Re:What? by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's the FAA, what did you expect?

    Actually, you're required to let the TSA touch your junk before you're allowed to re-enter.

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