The future of flight

Chris Muir, Modesto CA — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:30:55 GMT

It sounds like FAA is not concerned about the space tourists - fly rockets at your own risk - but is very concerned about the safety of regular air travelers and people on the ground. FAA insists that space planes follow safety rules while going up through commercial airspace, while returning down through commercial airspace, and while landing. In space, you take your own risks.

The future of flight

Michael Del Toro, Camarillo, Californi — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:48:29 GMT

I enjoyed the "blog" since it seemed to peak my imagination (in terms of future space travel); also, we might not be that far away from traveling as we have so many times seen characters do in the "sci-fi" movies. Nice read...

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Alan Boyle — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:29:28 GMT

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Frank, Dallas, TX — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:04:48 GMT

So far it seems reasonable - the goal of government should be to strike a balance between over-regulation and under-regulation - that is, while we don't want space travel to be a "wild west" experience where half the customers die, we don't want to hold it to such a high safety standard that all innovation and exploration literally never get off the ground either. There is a quote from Gene Cernan to the effect that space is a very unforgiving environment that will never tolerate the lax and the lazy, and the FAA's job is to make sure nobody is lax and lazy. So far so good.

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near-future space visitor — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:25:01 GMT

re: this part of the above interview -- >>Me: That may come up sooner than you think, if Bob Bigelow has his way. >>Smith: Ha! Could you check the recording? Are you sure she didn't say "Yeah!" ?

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Michael Vr, Melbourne, Australia — Mon, 28 May 2007 21:01:16 GMT

Hi, all, just a suggestion from an Australian inventor:

Critics for Humans, and others:

Should all orbital vehicles be controlled by one unique command on Earth, so everyone will know where others are ? And: how would that command be controlled, from going into "black" operations, and black ownerships ? (be careful: ownerships).

Do we really think that releasing million humans in private space vehicles around the system, is really good idea, provided that there is no any control system for that ?!
For once in history: can we all have same international protocol for all countries, for doing this and spreading out there PROPERLY, for change, can at least that program be a difference in our history ? Could that program be the first GOOD thing we will show to galactic federation, about Earthly humans ?

(If anybody knows about safety, and hazards: that's us, having 100% BAD experiences with it). I believe that could be a good asset to guys up there, as well, since we have seen them too crashing over here, due to the storms (we don't do that, mostly, so: they can surelly learn from us, too).

Personally: the way that their disk vehicles ignore the storms, and fly into it, is in my best opinion: childish. Even stupidest pilot on Earth will never do that. So: I don't think they know all either...

thanks.
Michael Vr.