text: It is not a question as to ownership of space as it is to get the clearence to lauch a potential missle/bomb into space.\n\nThere are all kinds of saftey requirements that need to be met (both in the air and on the ground), air traffit needs to be re-routed, foriegn nations need to know to expect something [hopefully peaceful] on their radar, ...\n\nVarious governments/organizations will want to track where your satelite is in orbit, not to mention you need to cordinate your orbit with everyone else's to make sure there are no collisons.\n\nConsideration needs to be paid to what type of back up precautions you have taken in case something happens (explosion, flies off course, doesnt stay in orbit,...)\n\nI would sleep a lot better at night knowing that not just anyone can launch something into orbit without first having all the bases covered.