What the Hell, Part II

[Updates below.]

The man just won't quit. I had a problem with Instapundit regarding Hillary Clinton on Tuesday. Now, he goes and says:

I think this is a significant step forward.

Professor Reynolds is referring to this MSNBC article on space tourism which says in part:

Legislation that would make it easier for private space tourism to take flight is finally set to move forward after months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, key players told MSNBC.com Thursday.

The bill - known as the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004, or H.R. 3752 - lays out the definition of a suborbital space passenger vehicle, solidifies the process for licensing such vehicles, and allows paying passengers to fly into space at their own risk.

This is not a step forward. This is several steps back.

We don't need Congress defining what a suborbital space passenger vehicle is. We don't need Congress to impose licensing restrictions on such vehicles. And - gawdDAMN it - people are already responsible for the actions they take.

You want to make private space flight easier? Stop fucking with private businesses and getting in their way. Don't impose regulations on their behavior and make them jump through hoops to earn a license to do something they already have the right to do. Leave the market to it's own designs.

Glenn Reynolds has claimed to be a libertarian in the past and yet he continues to desire more government control over our lives.

UPDATE 1/20/2005 12:25pm
Glenn Reynolds is NOT a Libertarian

Posted by Drizzten at July 23, 2004 04:33 PM