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Arms Regulations Damaging US Space Industry

Posted by Soulskill on from the law-of-unintended-consequences dept.

athe!st writes "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."

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  1. There are a lot of US policies I like to call... by Philomage · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Shooting yourself in the foot.

  2. Business as usual for the Top Dog Superpower by durrr · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This is perfectly in line with Standard Superpower Policy. The superpower(s) will always strive to maintain and crystallize the status quo. And in the grand quest of doing so they will continually mess shit up while stacking layers of beurocracy on beurocracy until what should be an hourglass shaped hierarchy looks more like a pyramid balancing on its top.

    Big fucking suprise things reach a tipping point with such a distribution of mass.