Rutan: Export restrictions are 'enormous blockage' to space tourism

Strict U.S. export regulations on sensitive aerospace technology are a serious obstacle to the development of the worldwide space tourism industry, according to Scaled Composites founder Burt Rutan. Rutan is designing SpaceShipTwo, the commercial follow-on to the vehicle that flew the world's first...

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