[Prospero]

An examination of the regulatory atmosphere, ITAR and the supervision by the FAA - in the context of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 - shows some high hurdles. All issues talked about at great length in the "space community" but unaddressed by this atypical announcement from the Obama Regime.

Somewhere in that mess, however, may be some clue why this administration has gone against its own stubborn belief system to appear to embrace privatized space.

I wish I could believe them, but why should I believe anything they have to say? The key, perhaps, is the difference between commercial and private space development.

[PIF]

“Somewhere in that mess, however, may be some clue why this administration has gone against its own stubborn belief system to appear to embrace privatized space.”

A) Money to NASA goes to the ASW scam and scammers.
B) LEO only is a loser money wise.
C) Third world countries do not have government sponsered space programs.