According to Aviation Week, current ITAR rules currently prevent non-us passengers from flying to space with US companies. Apparently just riding on a space vehicle is enough to learn dangerous secrets about rockets.
I am not sure how this affects Virgin Galactic, which is a British company flying US built space ships. ITAR really needs an overhaul.
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009
ITAR May Prevent Non-US Space Tourist
Posted by Dan Schrimpsher at 9:50 AM
Labels: Space Tourism
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