[SJSAMPLE]

Can you imagine one of Heinlein’s “juvenile” stories where they need “approval” to land on the moon?

[Mr. K]

STICK A MAN ON IT!!!!!!!!!!

Buzz is still around and I bet he would go again!

[bigbob]

The first private citizen to land on the moon should be given the honorary name Delos D. Harriman.

[I am Richard Brandon]

Can you imagine a world where the US government thinks it owns the moon? Permission? Pah! And when other countries want to land there?

[Abathar]

I believe it’s only US companies we regulate, and other nations do the same if I heard right.

You have to get them past the satellite orbits safely so their flight has to be mapped carefully, both with the known and unknown paths. Big mess if they hit another one and spread crap around up there as what happened a few years ago, the ISS is still dodging that stuff on a regular basis now.

I don’t think we have a problem with putting stuff on the moon itself though.

[Donglalinger]

Planet Express is much faster

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[ProgressingAmerica]

Why does a private citizen/company need permission from any government entity to land on the moon?

[traderrob6]

“...which aims to fly commercial missions to Earth’s nearest neighbor and help exploit its resources.”

Science fiction is now fact.

[Rinnwald]

...and help exploit its resources

Aren't we worried about starting Climate Change on the moon?

[Jack Hydrazine]

But what if it images things not approved for public viewing?

[Jack Hydrazine]

“Hotel On The Moon”
by Joe Alley
http://www.broadjam.com/artists/songs.php?artistID=3636&mediaID=109741

[Moonman62]

Interesting launch company:

http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/commercial/rocket-lab-electron-rutherford-peter-beck-started-first-place/

I notice they haven’t done a test flight yet, but I do hope they are successful.

[Blood of Tyrants]

“d Moon Express, which aims to fly commercial missions to Earth’s nearest neighbor”

Except we have no idea about what the cosmic radiation will do to people.

[GreenHornet]

The interagency approval process "took some time, not because anybody was against or averse to this," he said. "It's just that we asked questions that had never been asked before, and that had to be addressed and worked out."

What if they just went ahead and made the trip without asking?