The Daily Mail reported on January 25 that all Chinese citizens are banned from flying on Virgin Galactic. The reason is that the engines used in the spaceships are classified as military technology by the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations and therefore citizens from China, Iran and North Korea are banned from participating in flights under a law made during the Cold War.

The fear, as underlined by the law, is that citizens from these countries might try to steal the technology. We think it might be time for new laws to be implemented as the old ones seem a little out of date. Virgin is also shutting its doors to a potentially massive clientele by not allowing Chinese nationals onboard.

Source: huanqiu.com

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