WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced it has issued the world�s first license for a sub-orbital manned rocket flight.Does anyone else see something wrong with regulating private space travel to death before the first spaceship is even launched?The license was issued April 1 by the Federal Aviation Administration�s Office of Commercial Space Transportation to Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif., headed by aviation record-holder Burt Rutan, for a sequence of sub-orbital flights spanning a one-year period.
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While the highest criteria to issue a license is public safety, applicants must undergo an extensive pre-application process, demonstrate adequate financial responsibility to cover any potential losses, and meet strict environmental requirements.
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