http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/08/11/stricter-export-control-laws/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stricter-export-control-laws Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/08/11/stricter-export-control-laws/#comment-8648 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:14:35 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=1069#comment-8648 While this probably isn’t good news, it’s also largely irrelevant for the space industry. Hyde’s bill would extend and amend the Export Administration Act, which is the basis for the Export Administration Regulations administered by the Commerce Department. On a quick glance, the bill does not appear to affect the Arms Export Control Act, which is the basis for the ITAR administered by State. Since all (or essentially all) space technologies fall into the ITAR, this bill would have no direct effect. Still, if Hyde had his way, the ITAR would be even more of a problem for space technological development than it is now, so a victory for his general approach on export controls would not be a good thing for the industry.

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