Your very own words. If this development is "a whole new paradigm" and that paradigm entails governmental regulation, then how could the old paradigm have entailed governmental regulation?
If the old paradigm DID entail regulation, by whom? And under what constitutional authority? You see, just because the government assumes (with support from such bovines as yourself) that it has the right to regulate every form of commerce, that regulation is not necessarily defensible constitutionally. Sometimes -- often -- it is wise to demand some justification for the expansion of bureaucratic power. That's all I'm doing.
And I'll call off the personal insults when you retract your "intellectual prowess" and "spewing ignorance" slurs.
When did you stop beating your wife?
For crying out loud, your ignorance on this subject is complete, and yet you feel qualified to hand out personal insults? You can't even launch a model rocket over a certain size without government approval, and you think launchers capable were free and clear of government regulation before this?
The government has been issuing launch licenses for as long as private companies have been in the business, but you assume that must not have been the case and heap abuse on anyone who isn't as ignorant as you are.
There's a broken syllogism here. No one said that the new paradigm only entailed government regulation. It entails thinking differently about how to regulate. The old paradigm entailed government regulation as well, just a more worse kind.
If the old paradigm DID entail regulation, by whom? And under what constitutional authority?
This has been explained to you several times, but I'll type it more slowly this time so that perhaps even you will understand. It has been regulated by the Department of Transportation since 1984. It was done because the United States signed a treaty, ratified by the Senate per the Constitution obligating us to be responsible for all launch activities originating in the United States. In order to satisfy that obligation, it was necessary to establish a regulatory authority. This was done in 1984 via the Commercial Space Transportation Launch Act.