The NewSpace Liability Myth: Why Lawyers Will Not Scuttle the Industry

摘要

We've all heard the mantra: In today's litigious society, a nascent industry engaging in something as revolutionary, but as hazardous, as rocketing fare-paying citizens into space, is doomed from the launch pad. One or two catastrophic accidents, and the promise of the commercial human spaceflight industry, or "NewSpace," will be forever gutted by greedy lawyers, entitlement-obsessed plaintiffs, and run-amuck juries.