Comments on: House and White House at odds over code of conduct language in defense bill http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/05/17/house-and-white-house-at-odds-over-code-of-conduct-language-in-defense-bill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=house-and-white-house-at-odds-over-code-of-conduct-language-in-defense-bill 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: nom de plume http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/05/17/house-and-white-house-at-odds-over-code-of-conduct-language-in-defense-bill/#comment-369154 Sun, 20 May 2012 21:07:19 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=5630#comment-369154 I’m suspicious of Posey since his “birther” stance and criticism of anything Obama. His amendment re. “covered entity” (entity engaged in commercial space activity) Page 3, lines 9-11: “(B) any commercial requirement included in the agreement has full non-Federal funding before the execution of the agreement.”
Regarding agreements between DoD & “covered entity” Page 4, lines 12-14: “(B) shall include a provision that the covered entity will not recover the costs of its contribution through any other agreement with the United States.”
So if a commercial entity has a contract to provide launch services for another Federal agency (non-DoD), then DoD won’t enter into an agreement to provide launch infrastructure, support & services? Would that include use of SLC 40 at CCAFS and range support? How is this going to permit better cooperation between DoD & commercial space?

]]> By: vulture4 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2012/05/17/house-and-white-house-at-odds-over-code-of-conduct-language-in-defense-bill/#comment-369017 Fri, 18 May 2012 20:08:30 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=5630#comment-369017 The DOD language is essential. The main value of an international space program today is not to intensify conflict, but to diffuse it. Unfortunately when we have people in Congress who get elected on the basis of jingoism and xenophopbia, and attack anyone who doesn’t want nuclear war as “soft on Communism”, then it is hard to make progress.

The Posey ammendment is meaningless since the primary launch sites are already commercial and Posey provides no funding at all. It’s objective is solely to allow Posey to take credit for anything commercial space actually accomplishes while at the same time claiming he cuts taxes.”

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