House Science Committee Approves Changes To Space Law

schwit1 writes: In a series of party line votes, the House Science Committee has approved a number of changes to the laws that govern the private commercial space industry. Almost all of the changes were advocated by the industry itself, so in general they move to ease the regulatory and liability burdens that have been hampering the industry since the 2004 revisions to space law. While it is very unlikely commercial space can ever get free of strong federal regulation, these changes indicate that they can eventually get some of the worst regulations eased.

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Which party?

[Anonymous Coward]

Note the lack of attribution to the party that wishes to keep stifling advancements in commercial space endeavors. If the parties were switched around the party's name would be branded across the headline as being anti-science and anti-nasa and whatever else.