DeSantis signs Florida bill limiting the liabilities of private spaceflight companies

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NBC News By Denise Chow 5/26/2023

DeSantis signed the bill a day after he launched his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination in an event with Twitter’s owner Elon Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law a spaceflight bill that protects companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin from legal liability if crewmembers or passengers are injured or killed during missions.

The Spaceflight Entity Liability bill, or CS/SB 1318, was one of 27 bills he signed a day after launching his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination during an event on Twitter with its owner, Elon Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX.

The new law effectively shields SpaceX and other commercial space companies from lawsuits in the event that anyone on their rockets or capsules are seriously hurt or killed.

More: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/desantis-bill-limits-liabilities-private-spaceflight-companies-rcna86410

[Kamaji]

Well, as long as it is limited to people who get on the rocket or capsule, that's fair enough; can't have too much sympathy for someone who knowingly gets on what amounts to a live stick of dynamite.