[GATOR NAVY]

I'm just curious why a private company needs permission the the State Dept.(what-in case they meet any little green men?) and NOAA (no ocean, no atmosphere on the moon) to do this.

[Onelifetogive]

I'm just curious why a private company needs permission the the State Dept...

I guess they would need permission from every State Department on earth. All 200 or so. If ours has jurisdiction, they all must.

[GATOR NAVY]

"permission from the..."

[Frank_Discussion]

The launcher is an old Russian ICBM, and some of the program team is international. It brings up export control issues. The process of approval took so long because no one successfully charted those legal waters in the past. TransOrbital was the pioneer.

[gdani]

I'm just curious why a private company needs permission the the State Dept.(what-in case they meet any little green men?) and NOAA (no ocean, no atmosphere on the moon) to do this.

I'll chime in to say I was wondering the exact same thing.

[tm22721]

I'm just curious why a private company needs permission the the State Dept...

We spent $200 billion to plant the US flag there, that's why...

The moon is ours to ravage as we see fit.

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