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Hearing: Necessary Updates to the Commercial Space Launch Act

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
February 4, 2014
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Necessary Updates to the Commercial Space Launch Act: Hearing Charter
“The industry has grown over the years since the passage of the Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984 (P.L. 98-575) thirty years ago, and this law has been amended several times since then. The Commercial Space Launch Act (CSLA) provides authority to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to license launches and indemnify launch providers from third-party claims should an accident occur. The law also provides a framework for the FAA’s regulatory authority. This hearing will examine the various changes in the industry and what, if any, accompanying changes to the Commercial Space Launch Act may be needed going forward.”
– Prepared Statement by George Nield
– Prepared Statement by Henry Hertzfeld
– Statement of Rep. Steven Palazzo
– Statement of Chairman Lamar Smith
– Commercial Space Launches: FAA’s Risk Assessment Process Is Not Yet Updated, Alicia Puente Cackley, GAO

Keith Cowing

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

One response to “Hearing: Necessary Updates to the Commercial Space Launch Act”

  1. hikingmike says:
    February 7, 2014 at 3:18 pm
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    I read a few of these. Definitely good luck to everyone involved in progressing the regulatory regime related to space activities. This is quite important.

    I’ll copy one bit that was interesting to hear-

    “We strongly support the Administration’s requested changes to the
    Commercial Space Launch Act that would add a third category of occupants called government astronauts. The changes would complement our existing definitions of crew and spaceflight participants, and would increase transparency and ease the administration of our regulations in the
    context of NASA astronauts serving as crew.”

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