DeSantis Signs Bill Shielding Musk’s SpaceX From ‘Spaceflight Entity Liability’

rolling stone via yahoo ^ | May 26, 2023 | Charisma Madarang

[jimwatx]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed a bill regarding spaceflight on Thursday just one day after he announced his presidential run in a glitch-filled interview with Elon Musk on Twitter Spaces.

DeSantis signed into law CS/SB 1318 – Spaceflight Entity Liability along with 27 other bills. The law exempts “spaceflight entity from liability for injury to or death of a crew resulting from spaceflight activities under certain circumstances.” The measure also requires “a spaceflight entity to have a crew sign a specified warning statement.”

Florida is a known launching point for SpaceX aircrafts, and the new law could potentially shield Musk and other space flight companies from being sued for accidents that injure or kill crew members.

The law specifies a “spaceflight entity” as a “public or private entity holding a United States Federal Aviation Administration launch, reentry, operator, or launch site license for spaceflight activities or which is otherwise authorized by the United States Government to conduct spaceflight activities.”

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

Between you and me, I wouldn’t get strapped into a vehicle sitting on top of 40 tons of hydrazine and liquid O2.

And then light it off? No thanks.

5.56mm

[jimwatx]

Great post.

[markman46]

All of the spacex launch and recovery crews sign waivers I am sure, way to many freepers just hate on musk

[Bernard]

Special considerations targeted for one for-profit entity? It sounds like a good idea for some reasons, but just like a special consideration for a company called Disney probably sounded like a good idea many years ago.

[trebb]

Won’t matter to the Ron-Bots

[GingisK]

Yeah, LOX and kerosene are clearly the way to go.

[Biblebelter]

Follow the money.

Never fails to reveal the truth.

[Biblebelter]

Grifters gonna grift.

That’s what grifters do.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Brilliant]

It only applies to the crew. If you volunteer to be on the crew then you are assuming the risk of death.