NASA spaceflight law passes Senate

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NASA spaceflight law passes Senate

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science.slashdot.org wrote:Private Spaceflight Law Passes Senate
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Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 09, @06:00AM
from the major-tom dept.
Neil Halelamien writes "HR 5382, the commercial spaceflight bill which has been previously mentioned on Slashdot, has been passed by Congress at the last minute (almost literally). The bill had previously been stalled several times due to disagreements about how much the FAA should regulate crew and passenger safety. It's now headed to the White House to be signed into law. Under this legislation, the FAA's role until 2012 will be to protect the uninvolved public on the ground, and allow passengers to ride as long as they've been properly informed of the related dangers. Also, the FAA will be able to regulate certain aspects of the vehicles if they prove to be dangerous."
http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/ ... 60&tid=103
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6682611/
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awesome. now once ive become a billionaire for some reason, i can get me a space ship and fly all over the world.
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