A nearly 20-year ban on human spaceflight regulations is set to expire (arstechnica.com) 26 points by rntn 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] cwillu 2y ago ↗ “Lawmakers have extended the moratorium twice, most recently in 2015.”Kinda makes this a nothing burger, absent some reason to expect that what happened recently won't happen again. [–] throwawaymobule 2y ago ↗ How good is Congress at passing low-impact (ones that aren't especially political) laws currently? That's the main holdup I can think of.Now I'm wondering if there's some measure of throughput for things like this. e.g. renaming post offices
[–] throwawaymobule 2y ago ↗ How good is Congress at passing low-impact (ones that aren't especially political) laws currently? That's the main holdup I can think of.Now I'm wondering if there's some measure of throughput for things like this. e.g. renaming post offices
[–] a_nop 2y ago ↗ I imagine they'll keep pushing this back untila) a catastrophic accident impacts many people orb) civilians are going to space in more significant numbers.
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[ 1.9 ms ] story [ 17.3 ms ] threadKinda makes this a nothing burger, absent some reason to expect that what happened recently won't happen again.
Now I'm wondering if there's some measure of throughput for things like this. e.g. renaming post offices
a) a catastrophic accident impacts many people or
b) civilians are going to space in more significant numbers.