Re:Nuclear Conversion for Starship
by bunabhucan on Friday November 03, 2023 @05:51PM
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You can. You just can't legally do it in Texas. Maybe SpaceY will be based in North Korea or somewhere to escape the burdensome regulatory regime in the USA.
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Maximum punishment for a launch failure in NK is a firing squad.
Countries with less burdensome rules are subject to ITAR restrictions.
Re:Nuclear Conversion for Starship
by smegger001 on Friday November 03, 2023 @06:50PM
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Or just launch from a barge in the middle of the ocean or some uninhabited atoll.
He could fund a new company elsewhere in the world and start from scratch, perhaps.
But even if he was super-careful about ensuring that restricted information wasn't shared with the new company, I'm sure his political enemies would find ways to have him locked up if he tried that...