New Version of S.2772 Makes Itself Known

08/10/04 00:00:00    

By Michael Mealling

Senate Bill 2772: The Space CHASE Act was released this week by Inhofe. The key piece is the definition of 'suborbital':

bq. suborbital rocket' means a vehicle, rocket-propelled in whole or in part, intended for flight on a suborbital trajectory whose thrust is greater than its lift for the majority of the rocket-powered portion of its flight.

Thanks to Andrew Case (Transterrestrial Musings) for finding this one…