Space Policy Directive 2

Op-ed | We’ll need more than Trump’s Space Policy Directive to fix commercial remote-sensing regulations

by Adam Routh — July 10, 2018

At the rate the commercial sector is innovating, regulatory practices will need to be agile, evolving quickly while still providing needed order and protections.

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Op-ed | Regulatory reform is not a one-off event

by Ian Christensen and Brian Weeden — July 5, 2018

The American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act takes a number of important steps to provide regulatory certainty for emerging commercial space applications; and to implement the United States’ international obligation to provide authorization and supervision for its private sector actors.

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Commerce Department moves ahead with space regulatory reforms

by Jeff Foust — June 22, 2018

Nearly a month after the signing of a policy directive calling for commercial space regulatory reforms, Commerce Department officials said this week they’re moving ahead on a number of fronts.

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Foust Forward | For commercial space, fewer-stop, not one-stop, shopping

by Jeff Foust — June 15, 2018

For an administration that likes to play up even the smallest space policy milestone, the signing of Space Policy Directive 2 on May 24 almost flew under the radar.

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Op-ed | The next space age

by U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith and U.S. Rep. Brian Babin — June 14, 2018

Outer space is the last frontier of human exploration. Unfortunately, the glory days of landing men on the moon are now a distant memory. So too are the memories of watching space shuttles rumble to life and roar to space fading away. That is poised to change and America is ready to lead the way.

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