Could SS1 be exported?

Would the US government let Scaled Composites export a WhiteKnight/SS1
to
someone outside the US? As I understand the US export limits, the idea
is
to keep weapons or weapons tech from being exported. It seems like
they
might claim somehow it could be used for weapons tech. Personally I
don't think SS1 or the tech one would get by owning one would be good
for weapons. I guess the WhiteKnight could drop bombs from high up.
So what are the odds that they could get an export license?

Is VirginGalactic.com planning to launch from inside the US?

-- Vince

In article .com,
wrote:
So what are the odds that they could get an export license?

Depends a *whole lot* on where it's going. And also, I'm told, on whether
you are willing to spend the money to get a really good export lawyer and
have him push hard.

Is VirginGalactic.com planning to launch from inside the US?

I don't remember anything being said about this issue... but it can hardly
have escaped their notice that there are serious practical advantages to
putting the operation in an area with generally clear weather and plenty
of uncrowded airspace. That is to say, the US southwest clearly wins big
over the UK for this, and the reduction in legal hassles is not entirely
insignificant either.
--
"Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend." | Henry Spencer
-- George Herbert |

On 2004-12-12, Henry Spencer wrote:

In article .com,
wrote:

Is VirginGalactic.com planning to launch from inside the US?

I don't remember anything being said about this issue... but it can hardly
have escaped their notice that there are serious practical advantages to
putting the operation in an area with generally clear weather and plenty
of uncrowded airspace. That is to say, the US southwest clearly wins big
over the UK for this, and the reduction in legal hassles is not entirely
insignificant either.

According to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3693020.stm flights
would operate from Mojave initially.

I seem to remember them saying that they would launch from other
places later, but can't find a reference right now.


Iain

Henry Spencer wrote:
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wrote:
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Depends a *whole lot* on where it's going. And also, I'm told, on whet=
her
you are willing to spend the money to get a really good export lawyer a=
nd
have him push hard.
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Is VirginGalactic.com planning to launch from inside the US?
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I don't remember anything being said about this issue... but it can har=
dly
have escaped their notice that there are serious practical advantages t=
o
putting the operation in an area with generally clear weather and plent=
y
of uncrowded airspace. That is to say, the US southwest clearly wins b=
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over the UK for this, and the reduction in legal hassles is not entirel=
y
insignificant either.
--
"Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend." | Henry Spenc=
er
-- George Herbert | henry@spsyste=
ms.net

I looked up Mojave on Mapquest. It is 20 miles from Edwards and 90 miles
from Hollywood. The ideal location would be close to lots of aircraft
and space people for experience, and lots of customers with more money
than they know what to do with.
-- =

John Halpenny


A cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind.
I=92m so glad my desk isn't empty.

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 05:41:12 GMT, in a place far, far away,
(Henry Spencer) made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

Is VirginGalactic.com planning to launch from inside the US?

I don't remember anything being said about this issue... but it can hardly
have escaped their notice that there are serious practical advantages to
putting the operation in an area with generally clear weather and plenty
of uncrowded airspace. That is to say, the US southwest clearly wins big
over the UK for this, and the reduction in legal hassles is not entirely
insignificant either.

I wouldn't be surprised if he's also thinking Bahamas...

I wouldn't be surprised if he's also thinking Bahamas...

Hmmm...would the US Virgin Islands work without an export permit? Same
area, and look at the name.

I am on the next island East of the Virgin islands, Anguilla. We have
a nice new long runway that aims out over the ocean with nothing upwind
of us till Africa. :-)

On 12 Dec 2004 11:29:53 -0800, in a place far, far away,
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:

I am on the next island East of the Virgin islands, Anguilla. We have
a nice new long runway that aims out over the ocean with nothing upwind
of us till Africa. :-)

They didn't seem very happy there about hosting a spaceport on
Sombrero...

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 05:41:12 GMT, (Henry Spencer)
wrote:

In article .com,
wrote:
So what are the odds that they could get an export license?

Depends a *whole lot* on where it's going. And also, I'm told, on whether
you are willing to spend the money to get a really good export lawyer and
have him push hard.

Is VirginGalactic.com planning to launch from inside the US?

I don't remember anything being said about this issue... but it can hardly
have escaped their notice that there are serious practical advantages to
putting the operation in an area with generally clear weather and plenty
of uncrowded airspace. That is to say, the US southwest clearly wins big
over the UK for this, and the reduction in legal hassles is not entirely
insignificant either.

What island is it in the UK that has a tax break for space
technologies? Isle of Man? I don't remember any details about this
island; a fellow student from the UK was explaining it to me. He did
mention that Rutan had visited a conference that was held there in the
recent past.

Would this be a good potential launch site, i.e. runway, for SS2?

h (Rand Simberg) :

On 12 Dec 2004 11:29:53 -0800, in a place far, far away,
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:

I am on the next island East of the Virgin islands, Anguilla. We have
a nice new long runway that aims out over the ocean with nothing upwind
of us till Africa. :-)

They didn't seem very happy there about hosting a spaceport on
Sombrero...

One of the most stupid decision made I think. Since the island is occasionly
swept clear by major storms it is hard to see it as a needed protected
enviroment. As a rocket base I have tried to find better on a map of the
caribean. The only other choice I personally found is Montserrat Island,
where I think the locals would like the econimic boost a space port would
bring.

Earl Colby Pottinger


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