Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Commercial Space Travel Rules of the Road


Commercial Space Travel Rules of the Road
By Irene Klotz
Posted on Discovery News.com November 5, 2010
http://news.discovery.com/space/commercial-space-travel-traffic.html

By Emma 6a
 Did you know that the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration also known as NASA is retiring the space shuttle program next year?  After next year, only Russia will be able to fly to the International space station.  The United States will have to pay Russia fifty­-one million dollars each to take America’s astronauts up.  NASA believes that in the next couple of years that private companies will be able to send people to space for half the cost Russia is charging. 
Today the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) is responsible for regulating commercial air space.  In the next ten years, their jobs will get even harder than they are now because they will need to regulate space travel too.  In my opinion, their job will not be easy.  They will need to track the launching, orbiting, re-entry, and landing of commercial space craft with regular commercial air traffic.  No doubt they will need more training to take on this big job. 
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  1. J MedenicaNovember 13, 2010 at 1:33 PM

    Hi Emma, I don't know about you but I feel really sad that the Space Shuttles will be retired and that they will not fly anymore. They are such an amazing space vehicle. I wonder if we will use any of these space airplanes to take us to the space station. Well written summary and I like how you included your thoughts about the future of space travel. Good job!

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