Comments on: Nuclear-powered Spacecraft and International Law http://ipinspace.com/2012/03/16/nuclear-powered-spacecraft-and-international-law/ Intellectual Property in Space- Where the vastness of space, law, & intellectual property meet. By Andrew Rush. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: fitness health http://ipinspace.com/2012/03/16/nuclear-powered-spacecraft-and-international-law/#comment-189 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:04:08 +0000 http://ipinspace.com/?p=366#comment-189 fitness health…

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]]> By: Andrew Rush http://ipinspace.com/2012/03/16/nuclear-powered-spacecraft-and-international-law/#comment-122 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:25:47 +0000 http://ipinspace.com/?p=366#comment-122 Steve, short of withdrawing from the Liability Convention, I think one of the biggest ways to update the law from a domestic prospective would be for the government to simply shoulder more of the risks associated with commercial launch services and loosen safety and notice requirements for purely private endeavors. Right now, under 14 CFR § 431.79, an RLV operator has to give a 60 day launch notice to the FAA in order to fly. That could really pinch a lot of business models based on rapid turnaround/responsiveness. I’d love to see that go away and insurance requirements for startup launch services providers and small rockets (e.g. under 100 lbs to LEO) waived.

]]> By: stephenmurphey http://ipinspace.com/2012/03/16/nuclear-powered-spacecraft-and-international-law/#comment-121 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:36:39 +0000 http://ipinspace.com/?p=366#comment-121 Seems like the 1972 Liability Convention will hinder commercial launch services as well. This gives the US (or any government) a great reason to be very very careful about who gets to launch any orbital vehicle. While the FAA has fortunately been flexible with suborbital launch vehicles…I can’t imagine they would give the same flexibility with a SpaceX type operation. Of course the law made sense in 1972 when governments were really the only players. What do you think it would take to update the law to reflect current realities?

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