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Enter outer space at your own risk?

Written by  Douglas Ligor and Josh Becker Tuesday, 16 May 2023 13:42

If you pay a company like SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, or Boeing to go into space, perhaps even perform your own spacewalk, should those companies be bound by safety regulations issued by the FAA? Currently, the answer is “no,” thanks to a law that bans federal regulation of commercial space enterprises.