The submersible that killed five people near the Titanic is highlighting the hazards of extreme tourism, and it might affect commercial spaceflight as Congress debates extending a regulatory moratorium that’s set to expire in October.
is highlighting the hazards of extreme tourism, and it might affect commercial spaceflight as Congress debates extending a regulatory moratorium that’s set to expire in October.
“So many people are making the parallel between space and this submarine,” said Michelle Hanlon, executive director of the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi. “You're in a dark place. The environment wants to kill you.” She also worries there will be a backlash as taxpayers paid for the rescue efforts attempting to find this submersible of wealthy individuals . And while their rescue attempt was everywhere in the media, there was very little coverage of a migrant boat that sank last week off the coast of Greece. Hundreds of people died.She feels that informed consent – where participants learn about the risks and sign a waiver – is good enough for now.
But Nield, who was the FAA’s associate administrator for Commercial Space Transportation from 2008 to 2018, said government officials have learned how to write better regulations.
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