The CAPITOLIST
A bipartisan group of senators are bringing back to a bill to cut regulations for commercial space launces and the licensing of private remote sensing satellites.
The Licensing Aerospace Units to New Commercial Heights Act is sponsored by U.S. Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla.; John Cornyn, R-Texas; Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M.; and former astronaut Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.
The bill would allow the Federal Aviation Administration to streamline the application process for commercial space launches and reentry requirements and allow them to take feedback from the space industry.
Also streamlined would be the regulation of private, remote sensing space systems or satellites by Department of Commerce’s Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs branch.
Both of the regulatory agencies that govern commercial spaceflight would be required to assist applicants to help them in the licensing process.
The measure would also elevate the Commercial Space Transportation office to one directly reporting to the U.S. secretary of transportation.
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