Quote from: IanO on 10/27/2014 09:47 pmQuote from: robertross on 10/27/2014 09:46 pmI hope that boat owner gets a nice fat bill for this scrub In all seriousness, are vessels that violate launch range conditions assessed fines or otherwise penalized?Several years ago, I was talking to the people who run MARS (Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport @ Wallops) - unlike the Cape, they have no authority to declare a restricted zone or to require boats or ships to leave the area. Their suborbital launches are routinely scrubbed due to boats in the area. The skipper of this boat won't get more than a stern warning, if that...
Quote from: robertross on 10/27/2014 09:46 pmI hope that boat owner gets a nice fat bill for this scrub In all seriousness, are vessels that violate launch range conditions assessed fines or otherwise penalized?
I hope that boat owner gets a nice fat bill for this scrub
All they can do is "try to make contact with the boat"? Lame.
I would have paid money to see the look on the boat skipper's face if they had launched ....bet that would have soiled his pants...