Oregon Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer introduced legislation that would tax commercial space travel Tuesday, unveiling the bill minutes after Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, flew to the edge of space on a self-funded rocket.
Blumenauer, a top Democrat on the influential House Ways and Means Committee, said his bill would tax all commercial space flights that did not directly contribute to scientific research.
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