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For mariners, as with Capt. Kirk and the crew of the starship Enterprise, space, it seems, is the final frontier, now that the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has released guidance for building and classing offshore spaceports. ABS announced the new guiding document, "Requirements for Building and Classing Offshore Spaceports," during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), held in Houston May 1-4. The guidance is "based on service experience with industry leading aerospace rocket launch and recovery companies to guide the burgeoning maritime aspects of the space flight industry in the safe design and construction of offshore assets," according to the announcement from ABS. |