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Florida and Commercial Space Flight |
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Gregory Morris, 10/1/08 12:26:21 pm |
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The Legislature passed a law (which takes effect today) removing liability from companies offering commercial space flights.
This isn't a bad thing in and of itself. If you don't understand the dangers involved in strapping yourself to a BIG-ASS ROCKET, then I can't feel sorry for you if something bad happens. What is bad is that the court system can't be trusted to handle it properly without more legislation.
If I sign a contract saying, "I know space flight is dangerous and there's a good chance I'll be hurt or more likely killed while I'm pretending to be a space cowboy," then the company offering the flight shouldn't have to worry about being sued by my family when the rocket explodes on the launch pad.
The new law basically obviates the need for such wording in a contract (although believe me, it'll still be there.) But why did the state legislature have to step in to write this law?
I still must applaud laws like this, since they do nothing but encourage private space flight. Privatizing NASA won't ever happen. However, NASA can certainly be replaced, in part, by private industry. I believe this is the key to the future of manned space exploration. |
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