What are the legal restrictions, if any, on someone skydiving from a homemade rocket?

Asked Oct 23 '18 at 03:10

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Consider the hypothetical situation in which someone builds a rocket, launches in it, ejects at max altitude and skydives to the ground. The maximum rocket height would be between 5,000 and 14,000 feet. The launch would take place somewhere deserted and flat (i.e. the Black Rock Desert).

Besides permission from the landowner, would such a launch require any sort of legal permission? Would the FAA or some other governing body need to sign off on it? Additionally, this is a bit far fetched to ask, but would the bureau of land management likely allow someone to perform such a launch on public land?

Thanks

asked Oct 23 '18 at 03:10

jstm

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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because skydiving from a homemade rocket is not related to space exploration. – Organic Marble Oct 23 '18 at 03:34
@OrganicMarble We do have a Sounding rockets tag... – Antzi Oct 23 '18 at 03:37
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Hypothetical stunts have little to do with sounding rockets. – Organic Marble Oct 23 '18 at 04:11
@OrganicMarble happy to take this down if it's not appropriate. Just looking for some legal advice. – jstm Oct 23 '18 at 04:20
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@JSMorgan legal advice is off topic here, but not on all Stack Exchange sites. There is a law SE, I believe. – Bear Oct 23 '18 at 12:14

What are the legal restrictions, if any, on someone skydiving from a homemade rocket?

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