Comments on: News flash: export control reform needed http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/02/26/news-flash-export-control-reform-needed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news-flash-export-control-reform-needed 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: mjB http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/02/26/news-flash-export-control-reform-needed/#comment-206873 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:40:32 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2049#comment-206873 It’s funny how Rep. Bart Gordon calls himself a “blue dog” but is basically walking in lock-step with the expansion of government while also wasting taxpayer money on trips to Europe for him and his wife.

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]]> By: Dennis Wingo http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/02/26/news-flash-export-control-reform-needed/#comment-194261 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:09:09 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2049#comment-194261 In my copious work with ESA the universal response is that they hope that ITAR continues and their greatest fear is that it will end. The reason is that they know that the hundreds of millions of Euros spent on becoming ITAR free will have been wasted as the sat builders will buy cheaper (due to exchange rates) American parts.

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