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Freedom to Fly? Civilian Rocketeers Face Regulatory Roadblocks
By Leonard David
Senior Space Writer
posted: 06:50 am ET
21 July 2003

DAYTON, OHIO - For companies and individuals building suborbital rockets aimed at the civilian transportation market, government indecision and bureaucratic wrangling about flight certification, licensing, and overall regulations is proving to be a greater obstacle than either the laws of physics or financing their sky-high projects....