http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/11/20/space-policy-and-space-tourism-legislation/ Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:24:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/11/20/space-policy-and-space-tourism-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-9385 Rick Sterling Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:52:40 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=1156#comment-9385 Regarding Rep. Oberstar & the commercial launch industry, AW&ST(Nov. 13,2006-Page 23) had some important comments. After discussing Rep. Oberstar, it stated, "On the bright side,the Democrats' soon-to-be Senate majority leader is Harry Reid. He hails from Nevada--home to Bigelow Aerospace, which hopes to build private inflatable space stations--and was instrumental in getting the 2004 act passed without the more stringent rules Oberstar favored." Regarding Rep. Oberstar & the commercial launch industry, AW&ST(Nov. 13,2006-Page 23) had some important comments. After discussing Rep. Oberstar, it stated, “On the bright side,the Democrats’ soon-to-be Senate majority leader is Harry Reid. He hails from Nevada–home to Bigelow Aerospace, which hopes to build private inflatable space stations–and was instrumental in getting the 2004 act passed without the more stringent rules Oberstar favored.”

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