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If it moves, regulate it. Can't see a reasonable need for yet another government regulation.

Denvercoder9 2y ago
> Can't see a reasonable need for yet another government regulation. You really can't see a need for regulation of things that are purposefully put on an intersection course with Earth at 8km/s, and made to survive that?
- thfuran 2y ago
  The right to engage in recreational orbital bombardment is the very essence of freedom.
  - forgetfreeman 2y ago
    Applauds in 2nd Amendment
  - Onavo 2y ago
    Glory to the Terran empire!
  - rtkwe 2y ago
    "I own an orbital rail cannon for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my compound...." Someone more creative than me can finish this alt version of the copypasta. [0] [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/9sc91k/own_a_musket_for_home_defense/ https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/9sc91k/own_a_mus... For those unfamiliar with the copypasta.
- imglorp 2y ago
  Yeah kinetic energy, plus hazmat sometimes like hydrazine, plus maybe there's no control over its trajectory. Also important for FAA, if it's a domestic landing, is they may need to create an ATC window to keep aircraft out of the area, which they need advance notice for. So it's not all pointless regs, this is real, practical, coordination.
fnordpiglet 2y ago
They always required a license to reenter. The change is that if you launch intending to reenter you need the reentery license before launch. This is because Varda launched their reentry vehicle without a reentry license. Then once they tried to reenter the FAA balked because they had just assumed since the FAA had authorized their launch the reentry license was a given, which it isn’t. This led to Varda missing their window and scrambling to find a landing site for a while until they actually got their license and landed. This seems like a need for another regulation - the existing regulations left things ambiguous for Varda and that wasn’t good.
forgetfreeman 2y ago
You must not live in Florida: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/space-station-space-junk-nasa-naples-florida-home/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/space-station-space-junk-nasa-n...
dkjaudyeqooe 2y ago
> If it moves, regulate it. Yes, because it might hit someone or something. Are you willing to die to save Elon Musk some red tape?

> Can't see a reasonable need for yet another government regulation. You really can't see a need for regulation of things that are purposefully put on an intersection course with Earth at 8km/s, and made to survive that?

thfuran 2y ago
The right to engage in recreational orbital bombardment is the very essence of freedom.
- forgetfreeman 2y ago
  Applauds in 2nd Amendment
- Onavo 2y ago
  Glory to the Terran empire!
- rtkwe 2y ago
  "I own an orbital rail cannon for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my compound...." Someone more creative than me can finish this alt version of the copypasta. [0] [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/9sc91k/own_a_musket_for_home_defense/ https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/9sc91k/own_a_mus... For those unfamiliar with the copypasta.
imglorp 2y ago
Yeah kinetic energy, plus hazmat sometimes like hydrazine, plus maybe there's no control over its trajectory. Also important for FAA, if it's a domestic landing, is they may need to create an ATC window to keep aircraft out of the area, which they need advance notice for. So it's not all pointless regs, this is real, practical, coordination.

fnordpiglet 2y ago

They always required a license to reenter. The change is that if you launch intending to reenter you need the reentery license before launch. This is because Varda launched their reentry vehicle without a reentry license. Then once they tried to reenter the FAA balked because they had just assumed since the FAA had authorized their launch the reentry license was a given, which it isn’t. This led to Varda missing their window and scrambling to find a landing site for a while until they actually got their license and landed. This seems like a need for another regulation - the existing regulations left things ambiguous for Varda and that wasn’t good.

forgetfreeman 2y ago

You must not live in Florida: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/space-station-space-junk-nasa-naples-florida-home/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/space-station-space-junk-nasa-n...

dkjaudyeqooe 2y ago

> If it moves, regulate it. Yes, because it might hit someone or something. Are you willing to die to save Elon Musk some red tape?