[amsat-bb] ITAR sucks
Bob McGwier
rwmcgwier at gmail.com
Sat Sep 19 08:56:33 PDT 2009
I am sure no American firm participated.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/world/asia/26rocket.html?ref=space
We are shooting ourselves right in the derrière with ITAR. I am also
certain White House is much too preoccupied with other things to deal
with it.
As proof that ITAR has completely outlived its usefulness, I give this
example:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/science/space/30india.html?ref=space
India, denied access to nearly all of our space technology here in the
US and even put on denied access lists, simply goes around us and helps
other nations build technical capabilities and then orbits the moon with
a probe. Our involvement? Continued shooting our industries and
technical status in the derrière.
Bob
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