Plus: Another way to address the launch capacity crunch
By Dan Robitzski
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The Office of Space Commerce’s new Space Commerce Certification (SCC) pilot program may determine whether space companies are able to operate cleanly under general guidelines or whether they need to navigate additional regulations every time they arrive at a novel technology or use for one in space, according to a commentary by Steven E. Bartz, who is a member of the International Institute of Space Law, and Jack Wright Nelson, a law professor at Thompson Rivers University.
"The United States is the world’s largest commercial space market," they wrote. "If Washington treats novelty as an 'authorization gap' requiring individualized clearance, other spacefaring states may follow. The result could be a nascent global industry organized around bureaucratic acceptance rather than technological achievement: higher compliance friction, slower development and an advantage for firms most able to navigate government bureaucracies."
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In a column for SpaceNews Magazine, Senior Staff Writer Jason Rainbow wrote about how a "worse-than-expected lack of launch capacity has blindsided an industry that had come to rely on growing access to space, not least the Falcon 9 launches and rideshares SpaceX is moving away from as it shifts focus to Starship.
"Coupled with launch failures and the struggles of nascent rocket alternatives to get off the ground, satellite makers and budding constellation operators have been left short of desperately needed near-term alternatives."
Aside from the push to bring more launchers online, companies are also working to make better use of each launch to which they get access, Jason wrote.
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