re why we like dc x was re shuttle defects bizarre dc x in article may mksol dseg ti com mccall mksol dseg ti com fred j mccall writes hmmm not sure what s required for ships probably not much since if a ship goes down it doesn t hurt too many people other than those on the ship and those who invested in it if a plane or spacecraft goes down it can make quite a nasty mess on the ground should it land in an inappropriate place considering the magnitude of loss of life in both the moro castle and titanic disasters i can t believe you can be so blithe there fred besides if a lng tanker breaks up in a close harbor you can kiss off quite a lot of population same thing for any chemical tankers i know the coast guard makes mandatory safety equipment checks on all watercraft they use this as an excuse to make narcotics searches without warrants i suspect that commercial craft need a certificate at least similiar in scope to an air worthiness certificate from the dot pat
