Amid Crowded Skies, FAA Kills Rule Aimed at Regulating Space Junk

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JD Supra

BIS and DDTC Announce New Rules to Modernize Space-Related Export Controls

On October 23, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the US State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued a tranche of new rules to ...
SpaceNews

New upper stage disposal rules will help, not harm, U.S. leadership in space

Artist’s impression of ATV-5 breakup and reentry. Credit: ESA-D. Ducros In September 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a new rule for the disposal of upper stages after ...
The National Law Review

Ticket to Ride – The Commercial Space Activity Exception and Space Tourism: Reduced Export Controls Ease Cross-Border Collaborations (Part IV of IV)

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
Wired

NASA Rewrites the Rules for Developers of Private Space Stations

About five years from now, a modified Dragon spacecraft will begin to fire its Draco thrusters, pushing the International Space Station out of its orbit and sending the largest object humans have ...
Business Insider

Billionaires going to space aim to industrialize the moon, asteroids, and Mars. It's time to set some ground rules.

Billionaires, like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, and their space businesses are racing to the moon. A few treaties have set norms for space exploration between countries, but there are no hard rules. As ...