Private space travel is expected to take off in the next couple of years, and aviation officials and industry officials hope to have figured out by then how to keep a space rocket out of the way of an airline jet, how to prepare passengers for flight and other logistical matters.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced this week a partnership with universities and industry groups to address those challenges facing commercial space transportation.
Presumably, these rules would only apply within a certain, well defined distance from the Earth's surface. I sure as hell wouldn't want some damned federal agency determining what I could or couldn't do in interplanetary space! The less government interference Out There, the better. Obviously, there are others flying around in Earth's skies who could give a rat's behind about any terrestrial agency's rules. To read the rest of the article, click here.