Not necessarily so.
First: I saw a Discovery.ca TV show
yesterday featuring your and my space-enthusiast peer, "The Rocket Guy: Brian Walker", from Bend, Oregon.
Brian showed the TV crew around
his workshop and storage facility.
Brian Walker will launch his first
high-altitude test-rocket [1/2 scale
for his manned space-launcher]
this spring, Homeland Security Dept.
or no.
Brian Walker will use 90% pure Hydrogen Peroxide for monopropellant.
The Feds aren't interfering with him.
He's got all the paperwork.
Jacob