Should the moratorium on safety regulation on human commercial spaceflights be extended?

Should the moratorium on safety regulation on human commercial spaceflights – expiring in October 2023 –  be extended?  The RAND Corporation’s report of April 2023 recommends it should not.

In these slides I discuss the current status of human commercial spaceflights, what the moratorium is, and the main points of the Rand Report,.

Human Commercial Spaceflight Safety Regulations_Rand report

 

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