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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. OMG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, that's pretty much the case. I used to work in an aerospace company. We liked to use the adjective ITAR'ded.