There is a novel series with almost this premise.
Basically some geek invents the first hyperspace transport device in his garage. It's made of parts you can buy for about a hundred bucks at your local electronics shop. It can run on a gas engine. He then publishes the plans for free on the internet, making certain that the information gets distributed everywhere pretty quick.
The government has no capacity to shut this down after forty-eight hours. Soon enough, you get tourist doing space jumps all across the galaxy in converted recreational vehicles and other stuff...
It's kind of silly, but also fun.
---------------
Epsilon
Basically some geek invents the first hyperspace transport device in his garage. It's made of parts you can buy for about a hundred bucks at your local electronics shop. It can run on a gas engine. He then publishes the plans for free on the internet, making certain that the information gets distributed everywhere pretty quick.
The government has no capacity to shut this down after forty-eight hours. Soon enough, you get tourist doing space jumps all across the galaxy in converted recreational vehicles and other stuff...
It's kind of silly, but also fun.
---------------
Epsilon