Comments on: Hawaiian spaceports, Virginian tax exemptions http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/06/hawaiian-spaceports-virginian-tax-exemptions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hawaiian-spaceports-virginian-tax-exemptions 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 By: Edward Ellegood http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/06/hawaiian-spaceports-virginian-tax-exemptions/#comment-40877 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:08:11 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/06/hawaiian-spaceports-virginian-tax-exemptions/#comment-40877 The Space Shuttle’s upcoming retirement, coupled with aggressive competition from other states, has made space a high-profile topic at this year’s Legislative Session in Tallahassee. Among the space-related items before the Florida Legislature this year are the following: a $3.6M space workforce development package; an “informed consent” bill to mitigate spaceflight liability; a space contractor tax refund bill; a space research diversification bill seeking $20.2M over three years; a $45M Space Florida infrastructure, workforce, and education programs bill; a $10M Space Florida operations appropriation; a $20M reusable space vehicle prize bill; a bill and resolution to advance plans for a Governor’s School for Space Science and Technology; and a “Mile Marker 1″ bill to place a mile marker near the beginning of the highway to space at the Cape Canaveral Spaceport.

]]> By: Jack Kennedy http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/06/hawaiian-spaceports-virginian-tax-exemptions/#comment-40688 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:24:23 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/06/hawaiian-spaceports-virginian-tax-exemptions/#comment-40688 Virginia now has the Space Flight Liability and Immunity (Informed Consent) law and the so-called ‘ZeroGravity-ZeroTax’ law – two pieces of legislation sought by the NewSpace pioneers. If other states pass similar legislation (Florida, California, New Mexico and Texas), maybe, just maybe, the Federal Government will get the message.

Space advocates need to talk with state legislators as there are many more of them and one day they may just become Congressmen and Congresswomen and even presidential candidates!

]]> By: ParabolicArc.com » Blog Archive » Virginia and Hawaii Move Forward with Commercial Space Laws http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/06/hawaiian-spaceports-virginian-tax-exemptions/#comment-40547 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:08:04 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/06/hawaiian-spaceports-virginian-tax-exemptions/#comment-40547 […] Foust of SpacePolitics.com reports that both Virginia and Hawaii advanced legislation this week to encourage commercial space ventures […]

]]> By: Hawaii HB 2259: Relating to Aerospace Development « Res Communis http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/06/hawaiian-spaceports-virginian-tax-exemptions/#comment-40475 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:33:31 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/03/06/hawaiian-spaceports-virginian-tax-exemptions/#comment-40475 […] studies for a spaceport” and to cover other expenses of investigating such a venture (hat tip Space Politics). The findings of the bill are in sec. 1: The legislature finds that outer space is the next […]

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