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Special Report - Law - September 13, 2012
Commercial spaceflight push raises legal questions
Professor says small step for business might mean giant leap for space lawyers

Newswise

SpaceX's successful launch this past spring of its Dragon capsule atop its Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station opens a new era in commercial spaceflight. It also raises a new round of questions about what laws govern private space companies and what legal obstacles may affect future human space travel, a proclaimed space law expert says.

If commercial space carriers' shuttling of supplies to the ISS, as with Dragon, evolves into the ferrying of astronauts and other h...


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