3 thoughts on “Commercial Space”

  1. This is an example of why lawbreaking is not always wrong.

    We have inalienable rights. Laws that restrict those rights are invalid.

    Look at history and you will often see where a single person had it right when everyone else had it wrong. This should give us more than pause.

    It is immoral not to claim property in space. It actually kills. Killing is still wrong, isn’t it?

  2. It’s unfair to suggest that commercial space is targeted any more than any other industry by red tape. The “red tape” they site is regulatory compliance, legal fees and insurance premiums. Try starting any company and you’ll run into the same problems. Now, let’s suppose that I want to start an amusement park company with a roller coaster, but in the recent past other roller coaster have demonstrated that they kill at least 1 out of every one hundred of their riders. How much “red tape” do you suspect I’d run into even if I assure the bureaucrats that roller coasters are a much more mature and well understood technology that they were 50 years ago?

    This is not a defense of plaintiff lawyers nor do I like the highly regulated society that the US has become. As far as I’m concerned if you want to do something that might kill you, have at it. These are unfortunate facts that will probably kill (pun intended) commercial space. That and the cost will always be too high. Oh yeah and novelty of an expensive roller coaster ride will eventually wear off too.

    1. The solution is to get beyond their jurisdiction.

      Let them regulate to their little hearts content but continue with actions outside of their oversight. It can’t work in all aspects, but can work where it matters. This eliminates many space ventures but enough remain to break free.

      We are in desperate need to break free from our ‘public servants.’

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