Space tourism faces regulatory hurdles

"Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns -- in the sky and on the ground -- that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off."

I would have liked to have seen humans make the move off-planet without the ubiquitous red tape we're so fond of here on Earth, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen.