From: Jeff Shultz 

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 09:27:12 -0500, Monte Davis wrote:

> "Gary Wiltshire"  wrote:
>
>>No, this is legislation being discussed since the X-prize launches
>>pertaining to safety issues flying passengers into space, with the
>>misguided notion of making it as safe as airliners.
>
> The only legislation you could be referring to in that time period was HR
> 5382, which became law the week before Christmas:
>  http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c108:4:./temp/~c108NXcVEo::

Apparently someone in congress tried to modify it in the 10th hour or by
adding language regarding the safety of passengers that would have screwed
everything up. It was removed (after a loud protest) before the final
version was voted on.

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