Mineta Says DOT Could Clear Passenger Space Craft by 2008

Commercial space craft could be cleared to carry passengers by 2008, Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta announced Thursday. Speaking to a group of space entrepreneurs, the Secretary said that a number of companies should be set to take passengers into space and that the U.S. Department of Transportation would be ready to clear these flights within two years. “This timeline isn’t based on science fiction,” Secretary Mineta said. “It is a timeline based on the reality of where commercial space is today and where we expect the state of commercial space to be within two short years.” See the US Department of Transportation press release for more information.