Comments on: The long arm of the FAA http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/04/18/the-long-arm-of-the-faa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-long-arm-of-the-faa Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: brent http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/04/18/the-long-arm-of-the-faa/#comment-7734 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:32:22 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=942#comment-7734 I would agree with Ali on this one. This looks like a legalese artifact from the first crude attempts at space law. I’m sure it’ll be nothing more than a irritating formality that will disappear as soon as the suborbital launch companies get enough lawyers and lobbyists.

Of course, I could imagine some horrible conspiracy laden future where these arcane rules could be put to use by unscrupulous entities to destroy competition.

]]> By: Karen Cramer Shea http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/04/18/the-long-arm-of-the-faa/#comment-7733 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:46:57 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=942#comment-7733 Boeing can’t deliver any planes unless the FAA signs off on them first.

]]> By: Thomas Lee Elifritz http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/04/18/the-long-arm-of-the-faa/#comment-7732 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:54:17 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=942#comment-7732 America is a fascist dictatorship.

What else did you expect?

]]> By: shubber Ali http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/04/18/the-long-arm-of-the-faa/#comment-7731 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:40:40 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=942#comment-7731 The headline would have been more correct to read “US and all other nations claim rights to set new space tourism regulations globally.”

Arguably, the French would have the same right to require licensing of any suborbital vehicles built with french engine technology, as would the russians, etc.

Eventually, this will have to get sorted out, if suborbital ever becomes a truly vibrant market. I would suspect an organisation like the ICAO would be established, and regional/national CAAs/FAAs. This has never been needed in the traditional launch market because there just aren’t enough launches to matter.

Imagine if any airline flying any airplane made by Boeing – anywhere in the world – were required to follow FAA rules. That wouldn’t fly (pun most definitely intended).

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