Informed consent v. ITAR: Regulatory conflicts that could constrain commercial human space flight

The Human Space Flight Requirements (promulgated by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration) seek to protect the fledgling commercial space flight industry by shifting risk from the operator to the space flight participants. However, in order to do this effectively the regulations require a great d...

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Published inActa astronautica Vol. 66; no. 11; pp. 1608 - 1612
Main Author Blount, P.J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2010
Subjects
Control
Exports
Federal aviation administration
Human
Human Space Flight Requirements
Informed consent
International trade
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
Licenses
Regulations
Space flight
Space law
Regulations
Informed consent
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
Human Space Flight Requirements
Space law
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Summary:The Human Space Flight Requirements (promulgated by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration) seek to protect the fledgling commercial space flight industry by shifting risk from the operator to the space flight participants. However, in order to do this effectively the regulations require a great deal of information to be given to the participants. The information required might be extensive enough that it could be considered “technical data” under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. If this is the case then commercial spaceflight companies will have to get export licenses for non-U.S. participants on their flights which could cause additional costs as well as other problems.
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ISSN:0094-5765
1879-2030
DOI:10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.08.022