Posted on 08/23/2006 6:49:34 PM PDT by KevinDavis
There's a new federation in the space business - and although it's not a United Federation of Planets, the membership is as diverse as a "Star Trek" crew, with high-profile rivals in the commercial space race sitting down at the same table.
"These people are the ultimate competitors - but that's not why they get around the table," Stuart Witt, general manager of the Mojave Spaceport and the treasurer of the Personal Spaceflight Federation, told me today. "They get around the table to talk about, 'How are we going to handle our first accident? What are we going to do first? How are we going to underwrite these operations?' ... That's a big deal to me."
The Personal Spaceflight Federation has actually been around since early 2005, but it's just now settling on a slate of officers as well as a dues structure that allows it to hire staff members and step up its activities.
(Excerpt) Read more at cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com ...
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