FAA: What goes up may not come back down without a re-entry permit

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Here’s an example of a reentry license

Apparently, they are the only one with a reentry license.

https://www.faa.gov/data_research/commercial_space_data/licenses/

explains more. The FAA claims jurisdiction over US reentries and International reentries by US Citizens, except when a country has formally agreed to assert jurisdiction.
So the company can’t land in international waters and escape liability should something go disastrously wrong. I suppose this protects poor island nations.

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