Fwd: Slashdot | Arms Regulations Damaging US Space Industry

[Paul D. Fernhout]

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Subject: [Open Manufacturing] Slashdot | Arms Regulations Damaging US Space
Industry
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:48:00 -0400
From: Paul D. Fernhout <pdfer...@kurtz-fernhout.com>
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To: Open Manufacturing <openmanu...@googlegroups.com>

Some here might find this of interest:
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/10/1430204/Arms-Regulations-Damaging-US-Space-Industry
"International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are a major headache for
companies trying to put their satellites into space, so much so that some
companies are using 'ITAR-free' (aka free of US technology) as a selling
point. The European Space Agency is trying to reduce its dependence on ITAR
components, and the regulations are also threatening the nascent space
tourism industry."

I posted some comments there.

--Paul Fernhout
http://www.pdfernhout.net/
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The biggest challenge of the 21st century is the irony of technologies of
abundance in the hands of those thinking in terms of scarcity.