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Launch Legislation Update
Keith Cowing has obtained a copy of the draft legislation in the Senate that contains the poison pill. Jeff Foust has the latest description of what's going on, including an analysis of the text.
And for those who say that this won't kill the industry, that it would just move it off shore, Taylor Dinerman points out that if so, it won't be done by Americans, due to ITAR restrictions.
All in all, it's very important to both fix this legislation, and get it passed, as soon as possible, if we want to continue to build on the momentum provided by last week's successful Ansari X-Prize win.
Posted by Rand Simberg at October 11, 2004 08:19 AM
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Excerpt: Sgt Hook has the story on the elections in Afghanistan here and here, and a book he recommends here. Rand has the lowdown on some bad commercial space legislation here and some other bad science legislation here. Teresa has good...
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It's dead, Jim. For this legislative year, at any rate.
As we Cubbie fans say, they's always next year...
Posted by Tim Kyger at October 12, 2004 01:09 PM
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