How riding rockets going 4,000 mph into suborbital space could slash international flight times from 22 hours to 2
Business InsiderMAY 2023
Virgin Galactic’s commercial flights are the obvious next step in the adventure tourism industry — even considering the OceanGate submersible disaster. Although regulation is limited, Virgin and similar companies have done their best to assure safety.
The OceanGate tragedy should be a lesson to the commercial space industry, which needs more safety regulations. There’s plenty of room to simultaneously regulate the industry and nurture innovation. We shouldn’t wait for a space travel tragedy before increasing government oversight.