ITAR Loosens Up a Little

The Defense Technology Security Administration and the National Security Space Office (NSSO) are looking at removing some commercial satellite components from the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). About time if you ask me.

ISS Brings up Space Law Again

With the new European module Columbus launching on the Columbia shuttle in December, space law has been brought to the forefront again. The issues are: who's law will be enforced on Columbus and what if two astronauts got in a fight?

This was all a problem with the Russian modules, but I guess they didn't get it worked out sufficiently then.