On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 18:22, Adrian Tymes wrote: > I find it disturbing that the U.S. State Department and The National > Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration believe they are in any > legal position to grant permission for lunar travel, especially on a > mission that will launch using exclusively Russian facilities.
Given the usual inability of reporters to get the details right, I wonder if the permission is actually for launching U.S. technology from a foreign nation, rather than permission to "go to the moon". > Would it be worth investigating to see if we might need the permission > of either of said agencies if and when we do high-altitude/orbital > experiments? I thought we only needed the FAA's permission, and then > only up to the point where we leave and re-enter US airspace. > FAA/AST is charged with helping commercial space interests get all the ducks in a row, so we will let them help us jump those hoops. Dave _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
