Space tourists must be screened to ensure they are not terrorists, according to proposed regulations from the US Federal Aviation Administration.
The draft report’s suggestions aim to prevent a terrorist from destroying a spacecraft or using it as a weapon.
“The public interest is served by creating a clear legal, regulatory, and safety regime for commercial human space flight.”
I’m confident the TSA will maintain the same standards they use for sub-orbital flight.
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That’s a good one.
HAHA! Confident… agreed…
Yes, even during a space mission they could be monitored by an onboard computer which would check them for proper attitudes.
I can already hear the feds crowing about the “success” of the program when, a year or two into it, “there has not been a single instance of outer-space passenger terrorism thanks to these safeguards.” Thank you for your diligence, Colonel Klink.
I would hope that, unlike aviation, that general space operations would precede commercial space operations. But that rosy-eyed fantasy will yield to the inevitable: First: government/military, then big bucks commercial, then the play toys of the super rich. In other words, a private space yacht for the merely wealthy is a long, long way away. It won’t happen in my lifetime, and that really sux.
John W.
I’m confused. Is it that the space yachts won’t happen in your time or you won’t be able to afford one when they come along. Dang, I can’t even afford to properly outfit a canoe let alone a yacht! Think they might have something called a “space canoe”?
Pat,
A little bit of both; and a little bit of confusion is not a bad thing. But the space canoe is out, as I’m too fat to fit in one, and one of the first things you learn in flight training is the importance of weight and balance. A fat guy in a canoe simply drives the CG way too high.
John W.
My wife says I’m fat. I just claim to be better prepared for that coming famine.
Would a Space Canoe have a center of Gravity? Which way would be up. What would happen if your Space Canoe tipped, would you get vacuumed? Too many heavy questions, I’m getting a headache.