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- From: enders@bolshoi.cc.misu.NoDak.edu (Todd Enders)
- Subject: Re: 8' rockets..
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- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 03:07:18 GMT
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- soc1070 writes
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- > About all the laws I could think of right off the top of my head would be
- > those by the FAA, laws on handling chemicals (but rocket fuels are not
- > regulated, i.e. O2, alcohol, kerosine, but some more exotic stuff might
- > be), and anything the local or state fire marshall might have set up. I
- > would think in North Dakota, or anywhere there is alot of unrestricted
- > air space, minimal controls on fireworks, and few people it would'nt be
- > that hard to get permission to fly a liquid fuel rocket. The real trick
- > might be finging a piece of land from which to launch. There might be
- > a federal (state) land use permit required, and most private land is
- > farmed/ranched (at least in my example of ND).
- >
- I suspect it would depend on the performance of the rocket in question.
- A liquid fuel rocket in the large sounding rocket class probably couldn't be
- launched from anywhere save NASA's test ranges or White Sands. At any rate,
- I suspect finding land is less of an issue than liability insurance. (I'm
- speaking of rockets capable of 100+ mi. max. alt. carrying several 100 kg.
- payloads)
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- Having said that, IMHO there's lots of room here in ND for high power or
- small/medium sounding rocket launches. I'm not aware of any state land use
- permits (can't say about Federal permits, though). I doubt there'd be any
- problem as long as FAA requirements were satisfied and the research group was
- adequately insured. Getting permission from a landowner shouldn't be a hassle
- if he/she is approached with tact. Of course, one shouldn't launch such a
- beast *too* near one of our many Minuteman silos. Other people might not
- appreciate it! :-)
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- Todd
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