Mitchell Burnside Clapp, of Pioneer Rocketplane, has started an interesting discussion on regulatory issues for space transports over at sci.space.policy.

I respond, as well as Henry Spencer (and Dan DeLong, Chief Engineer of XCOR). And no, I don’t really think that Mitchell is an ignorant slut…

And for those interested in this issue in the DC area, there’s a meeting on the subject of suborbital spaceflight on Capitol Hill tomorrow. The public is invited, and you can listen in on the web via a link at the Pro-Space site.