HR 3752 passes by a landslide

The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004 just passed the House
with a vote of 402 to 1.

http://www.house.gov/science/press/108/108-195.htm

The Senate version of the bill is still under consideration.

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The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004 just passed the House
with a vote of 402 to 1.

http://www.house.gov/science/press/108/108-195.htm

The Senate version of the bill is still under consideration.

Does it make it easier for people like Andy Beale to do what he _tried_ to
do?


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"Joe Strout" wrote in message
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The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004 just passed the
House with a vote of 402 to 1.

http://www.house.gov/science/press/108/108-195.htm

The Senate version of the bill is still under consideration.

Does it make it easier for people like Andy Beale to do what he
_tried_ to do?

Well, by centralizing regulation of commercial spaceflight in FAA AST, it
will certainly make it harder for him to scapegoat NASA for his own
problems... :-)

It wouldn't have helped his plans to build facilities in the Caribbean
either. That was pretty much doomed by local environmental opposition. It
would likely make it easier for him to get a license to launch from within
the US.

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On 07 Mar 2004 02:12:20 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Jorge R.
Frank" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

It wouldn't have helped his plans to build facilities in the Caribbean
either. That was pretty much doomed by local environmental opposition.

Actually, it was doomed by lack of acumen as to how to handle it.