post midterm Flashcards
Ways CSLA encouraged private space investment
Indemnify space companies for damages exceeding anticipated losses
Required cross waivers of liability between space suppliers and customers
Hiatus in promulgating rules to protect space flight participants
Three tiers of financial responsibility under CSLA
-maximum probable loss (covered by insurance or space company itself)
-beyond max probable to 3 billion covered by usg
-above 3 billion back to company
FAA licensing eval includes
public safety issues
national security or foreign policy matters
insurance requirements
environmental impact
subrogation
the process where one party assumes the legal rights of another, typically by substituting one creditor for another. Subrogation can also occur when one party takes over another’s right to sue
Can US protect apollo artifacts
-Article 2 ost, no sovereignty over outer space/celestial bodies
-Article VI- countries retain legal jurisdiction over their registered space craft.
-Under liability convention US can seek recompense for damages to apollo artifacts
-Under property and tort laws if a foreign entity has assets in US/ or be located in a place that recognizes US claim
patent
exclusive right to an inventor to prevent others from making using or selling an invention for a period of time.
patent must be disclosed to public, so other countries can copy and the owner will not have recourse unless they have legal reciprocity with US.
ccp
firm fixed price contract between Nasa and Boeing and Space X, to get crew to and fro ISS
FAR
Federal acquisition regulations, ensures gov contracts are open to bidding and best price.
Space Act Agreements
Allowed NASA to make contracts outside of FAR
Change order
formal written change to contract, alters money, schedule, work
ITAR
International Traffic in Arms Regulations
controls defense articles, technical data, and defense services
defense article
item or technical data related to item on US munitions list
defense service
providing assistance to design, repair, or operate defense article
IGA
nations retain jurisdiction over portions of ISS they supply, provides cross waiver of liability
ITU
International telecommunications union
coords worldwide telecom activities
assigns satellite orbits to prevent interference
Stages of ITU satellite coordination
allocation- at itu WRC’s every 3 or 4 yrs, dedicates frequency bands to specific services
allotment- governments apply for allotments of orbital positions
assignment- governments assign their allotments to domestic users (FCC does this in US)
Issues with itu coord process
equitable access
paper satellites
Bogota declaration
claimed rights of equatorial states to GSO above their territories, resulted in later WRC’s making efforts to provide equitable access.
CSLA licenses required
3 licenses
license for launch facility
launch license
re-entry license
