Commercial Space Launch Act with amendments available

The Commercial Space Launch Act, with the amendments from HR 5382 is
available at the SubOrbital Institute website:
http://www.suborbitalinstitute.org/Archives/Docs/HR5382_701_all_as_passed.doc

This is the existing law, with the amendments due to HR 5382 inserted
using MSWord's change tracking features so you can see what's been
changed. The act is not yet law, since we are waiting on the President's
signature, but it is a virtual certainty that it will be signed.

Thanks to Clark Lindsey of hobbyspace.com for the fiddly work of
doing the editing. Clark is doing this for free, so if you'd like to
thank him for his work, head over to hobbyspace.com and click through on
the advertising to buy goodies for the space geek(s) on your christmas
list.

Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard to get this law passed.

Andrew Case
Interim Washington Director, The SubOrbital Institute
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:34:52 -0500, Andrew Case wrote:

The Commercial Space Launch Act, with the amendments from HR 5382 is
available at the SubOrbital Institute website:
http://www.suborbitalinstitute.org/Archives/Docs/HR5382_701_all_as_passed.doc

This is the existing law, with the amendments due to HR 5382 inserted
using MSWord's change tracking features so you can see what's been
changed. The act is not yet law, since we are waiting on the President's
signature, but it is a virtual certainty that it will be signed.

Thanks to Clark Lindsey of hobbyspace.com for the fiddly work of
doing the editing. Clark is doing this for free, so if you'd like to
thank him for his work, head over to hobbyspace.com and click through on
the advertising to buy goodies for the space geek(s) on your christmas
list.

Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard to get this law passed.



Who added the change to the bill slamming the door shut after only eight
years?

Just wondering?

Craig Fink

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:06:51 +0000, Rand Simberg wrote:

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:59:56 GMT, in a place far, far away, Craig Fink
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:

Who added the change to the bill slamming the door shut after only eight
years?

It was a compromise to get the bill through. There's always the
potential to fix that between now and then with new legislation (likely
to occur anyway as the industry continues to evolve).

Yes, I understand that, but was wondering what who or what group pushed
for this rather bad change to an otherwise good bill?

Craig Fink

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:06:51 +0000, Rand Simberg wrote:

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:59:56 GMT, in a place far, far away, Craig Fink
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:

Who added the change to the bill slamming the door shut after only eight
years?

It was a compromise to get the bill through. There's always the
potential to fix that between now and then with new legislation (likely
to occur anyway as the industry continues to evolve).

Yes, I understand that, but was wondering who or what group pushed
for this rather bad change to an otherwise good bill?

Craig Fink

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:33:46 +0000, Rand Simberg wrote:

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:11:55 GMT, in a place far, far away, Craig Fink
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

Who added the change to the bill slamming the door shut after only eight
years?

It was a compromise to get the bill through. There's always the
potential to fix that between now and then with new legislation (likely
to occur anyway as the industry continues to evolve).

Yes, I understand that, but was wondering what who or what group pushed
for this rather bad change to an otherwise good bill?

Likely the same people (Reps. Oberstar and Fazio) who were trying to
make the passenger safety regulations more stringent, and now.

Congressman Oberstar from the great state of Minnisota

http://www.oberstar.house.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={5FD9F422-A6B9-4F15-90EC-03D0F2032633}&DE={BEEDA247-98EA-4E92-A7E3-61E9DD691D57}

Congressman DeFazio?

Really I was more interested in who the comprimise was made for? Not the
Congressman who made the change. Maybe Congressman Oberstar could just be
empire building? Or, more likely, listening to someone or some group who
lobbied for the change or a more stringent change. Who are they?

Craig Fink

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:59:56 GMT, in a place far, far away, Craig Fink
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

Who added the change to the bill slamming the door shut after only eight
years?

It was a compromise to get the bill through. There's always the
potential to fix that between now and then with new legislation
(likely to occur anyway as the industry continues to evolve).

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:11:55 GMT, in a place far, far away, Craig Fink
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

Who added the change to the bill slamming the door shut after only eight
years?

It was a compromise to get the bill through. There's always the
potential to fix that between now and then with new legislation (likely
to occur anyway as the industry continues to evolve).

Yes, I understand that, but was wondering what who or what group pushed
for this rather bad change to an otherwise good bill?

Likely the same people (Reps. Oberstar and Fazio) who were trying to
make the passenger safety regulations more stringent, and now.

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:56:30 GMT, in a place far, far away, Craig Fink
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

Yes, I understand that, but was wondering what who or what group pushed
for this rather bad change to an otherwise good bill?

Likely the same people (Reps. Oberstar and Fazio) who were trying to
make the passenger safety regulations more stringent, and now.

Congressman Oberstar from the great state of Minnisota

http://www.oberstar.house.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={5FD9F422-A6B9-4F15-90EC-03D0F2032633}&DE={BEEDA247-98EA-4E92-A7E3-61E9DD691D57}

Congressman DeFazio?

Really I was more interested in who the comprimise was made for? Not the
Congressman who made the change. Maybe Congressman Oberstar could just be
empire building? Or, more likely, listening to someone or some group who
lobbied for the change or a more stringent change. Who are they?

I think that the congressmen were both sincere, albeit mistaken, in
their beliefs. I'm not aware of any groups lobbying them on this
issue. No one was even paying any attention to it except those
attempting to get it passed, AFAIK.