On 9 Oct 2003 19:13:34 -0700, in a place far, far away,
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:


HR 3245 does not give AST the power to restrict human access
to space. The proposed restriction is not on the spaceflight
participant; it's on the licensee. HR 3245 would do nothing
more than require the licensee to set standards, and then meet
them. It does not give AST veto power over those standards; it
merely says the licensee must have standards and stick to them.
That's reasonable.

It would be reasonable, if it were that straightforward, but that's
not my interpretation of the language as presently exists. To wit:

"...the spaceflight participant has received training and met medical
or other standards specified in the license"

Since the license itself must be approved by OCST (or FAA-AST, or
whoever) it implies to me that they will approve (or not) the
standards as well. This must be resolved, and the sooner the better.

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