Legislators exploring ways to regulate space tourism
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While entrepreneurs explore how to put ordinary folks into space, federal officials are pondering how to regulate the emerging commercial space industry.
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Discrepancies between an independent review of NASA&#39;s astronaut healthcare system and an in-house survey prompted lawmakers Thursday to urge more open communications among the U.S. space agency&#39;s ranks.
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NASA is studying the potential of future cooperation with the suborbital tourism firm Virgin Galactic on a variety of fronts, agency officials announced Wednesday.
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Washington state legislators are  considering a bill to promote a biofuels industry in the state  and require state-owned fleet vehicles to reduce use of fossil  fuels.
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A flurry of space tourism milestones and announcements in recent days signals that human spaceflight is shifting from governments to the private sector, space experts say.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will decide whethe
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After years of capturing the imagination of wide-eyed daredevils, dreamers and would-be entrepreneurs, space travel for ordinary people may finally be taking flight.
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The president's proposed $2.9 trillion spending plan includes a nice boost for the space program, but cuts environmental protection. Maybe we can move to Mars. Luke O'Brien reports from Washington.
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MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA - In a mission that could herald a new era of space tourism, a privately built, three-person rocket ship flew to space and back today in a mission that frightened those who watched from the ground and on a live webcast.
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Governmental sites need to be revamped so people can find what they need, experts tell a Congressional committee.
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Two Democratic legislators from California said they will propose laws to establish a bill of rights for airline passengers.
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The dream of opening space to the general public was given a tremendous boost in 2004 with SpaceShipOne's prize-winning suborbital jaunt and congressional legislation to help establish a space travel industry in the United States. But even the biggest champions of commercial spaceflight acknowledge that a vital space tourism market is still years from becoming reality.
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Washington state legislators are considering a bill to promote a biofuels industry in the state and require state-owned fleet vehicles to reduce use of fossil fuels.
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Blog: With that purpose in mind, space agency plans to share info with private industry.
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The election on Nov. 2 will have many far-reaching implications, not the least of which is mankind&#39;s fledgling reach into space.
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New York Gov. George Pataki and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are pressing Congress to protect key parts of the Clean Air Act as lawmakers and the Bush administration seek to change the law.
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WASHINGTON - NASA Administrator Mike Griffin said his agency would abide by the restrictions the U.S. Congress has imposed on the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, a $500 million demonstration project aimed at fostering private-sector solutions to NASA's space station re-supply quandary.