September 15, 2015 SPACE LAW COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER

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1 September 15, 2015 SPACE LAW COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER Dear Readers, Welcome to the Space Law Committee Newsletter. Please feel free to contact us with any questions, comments, or contributions. We highly encourage attorneys, law students, and industry professionals to submit space law-related stories of interest. Sincerely, The Space Law Committee Maria-Vittoria Giugi Carminati Chair, ABA SciTech Space Law Committee Carminati Law PLLC (281) John Ratnaswamy Newsletter Editor in Chief, ABA SciTech Space Law Committee Rooney Rippie & Ratnaswamy LLP (312) Stephanie Edwards Member of Newsletter Editorial Board, ABA SciTech Space Law Committee Rebekah Rounds Member of Newsletter Editorial Board, ABA SciTech Space Law Committee GANTECH Nathan Johnson Vice Chair, ABA SciTech Space Law Committee JD, GW Law 2014; LLM, Nebraska Law 2015 (202) Mat Trachok Member of Newsletter Editorial Board, ABA SciTech Space Law Committee WilmerHale (617) Corey Harbison Member of Newsletter Editorial Board, ABA SciTech Space Law Committee

2 Table of Contents UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS SPACE LAW... 1 NEWS UPDATES... 2 The Rules: Regulatory & Legislative Policy and Developments... 2 The Science: Intellectual Property & Innovations... 5 The Business I: Contracts, M&A, Joint Ventures, and Corporate News... 7 The Business II: Economics of Space Exploration... 9 The Fights: Lawsuits, Settlements, and Investigations Miscellaneous UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS - SPACE (NOT PRIMARILY SPACE LAW) PHOTO... 16

3 UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS SPACE LAW McGill University, Institute of Air & Space Law International Conference on New Challenges in Space Law Athens, Greece August 28-29, (link to conference presentations) ABA Forum on Air & Space Law Annual Meeting Marina del Rey, California September 17-18, International Bar Association Annual Conference Space Law Committee Vienna, Austria October 7, mittee&committeeguid=ac5b32de-e0f6-4c75-a7fb-a be Credimi Colloque - Le règlement des différends dans l'industrie spatiale (symposium on dispute resolution in the space industry) Dijon, France October 9-10, University of Nebraska 8th Annual Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Conference Washington, DC October 29-30,

4 American Branch of the International Law Association International Law Weekend 2015 Panel on space law New York, NY November 7, ABA Forum on Air & Space Law Update Conference Washington, DC February 26, 2016 [No web page yet] NEWS UPDATES Please note that the Space Law Committee has not independently verified and cannot warrant the information stated in materials found via the following links. The Rules: Regulatory & Legislative Policy and Developments September 11, 2015 Who owns outer space? And what happens when corporations want to extract resources from asteroids or planets? September 11,2015 No, Elon Musk Can t Legally Nuke Mars - Space Lawyer Explain Why html;_ylt=AwrTcdUMmvNV81EAys0nnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByNWU4cGh1BGNvbG8DZ3 ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw-- September 9, 2015 New Zealand: to attract public attention to space law September 9, 2015 Nelson Seeks Swift Compromise on Commercial Launch Bill 2

5 September 8, 2015 The dark side of lunar law LNI.twitter September 4, 2015 Continuing Resolution Would Put Brakes on Pentagon Space Initiatives, Defense Department Warns September 4, 2015 Satellite Operators Appear Likely to Lose Exclusive Use of Popular Spectrum September 1, 2015 Are Space Laws The Next Legal Frontier? August 31, 2015 A very British coup: Lessons from the draft UK regulations for CubeSats August 29, 2015 India s space activities in legal vacuum August 28, 2015 New US law a boost for space exploration aspirations August 25, 2015 Should Mars Be Independent, Or Just A Colony Of Earth August 25, 2015 Defense, Intelligence Officials Debate Organization of New Space Ops Center August 25, 2015 Edwards: No Progress on Reconciling Commercial Launch Bills 3

6 August 21, 2015 Notice of Availability of the Draft NOAA Commercial Space Policy (and Request for Comments; Comments period ends October 1, 2015) August 21, 2015 Gen. Hyten Pushes Revamp of Satellite Control Infrastructure (Gen. Hyten is head of USAF Space Command; story includes initiative to commercialize some satellite operations) August 17, 2015 Assessing the U.S. House of Representatives SPACE Act of 2015 (H.R. 2262) and the related U.S. Senate Bill (S. 1297) (analysis presented in three parts) August 11, 2015 GAO Report: Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle: The Air Force Needs to Adopt an Incremental Approach to Future Acquisition Planning to Enable Incorporation of Lessons Learned August 10, 2015 New Tensions on How to Regulate Outer Space August 4, 2015 Senate Passes Commercial Space Bill, Extends ISS to July 31, 2015 Federal Register: NASA Changes Rules On Duty Free Entry of Space Articles July 29, 2015 Mining Outer Space: Who Owns the Asteroids Asteroids?slreturn= July 27-31, 2015 Chair s Summary of Multilateral Negotiations on an International Code of Conduct for Space Activities 4

7 The Science: Intellectual Property & Innovations September 11, 2015 Europe launches satnav orbiters September 10, 2015 Op-ed: Dealing with Cubesat Clutter September 10, 2015 Patent Decision May Not Spell End of Blue Origin-SpaceX Dispute September 10, 2015 Boeing: World s First All-Electric Propulsion Satellite Begins Operations September 8, 2015 SpaceX is getting ready to launch its Falcon Heavy - the world s most powerful operational rocket September 7, 2015 NASA s Road Map Toward Possible Nuclear Rocket Flight Demo September 4, 2015 Boeing s commercial space taxi is now officially named Starliner September 2, 2015 First Falcon Heavy Launch Scheduled for Spring September 2, 2015 Space Station Schedule May Delay Antares Return to Flight September 1, 2015 Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin backs down in patent fight with Elon Musk's SpaceX 5

8 August 31, 2015 New, Ultrathin Optical Devices Shape Light in Exotic Ways August 31, 2015 Autonomous flying robots will search for water, other resources in deep shadowed craters August 30, 2015 Tiny Space Telescope to Aim at Super-Earth Atmospheres August 28, 2015 Proton Blasts Off on Return-to-Flight Mission August 26, 2015 Buzz Aldrin, Florida Tech to Establish Space Institute August 24, 2015 Plasma Rocket Technology Receives NASA Funding Boost August 18, 2015 Russia to Build New Medium-Class Carrier Rocket by August 17, 2015 U.S. Grants Patent for Free-Standing Space Elevator Tower August 14, 2015 NASA Awards Grants for Technologies That Could Transform Space Exploration August 12, 2015 SEAS Engineers Develop More Efficient Solar Cells 6

9 The Business I: Contracts, M&A, Joint Ventures, and Corporate News September 10, 2015 Boeing, Lockheed Differ on Whether to Sell Rocket Joint Venture September 10, 2015 Sierra Nevada Corporation Announces New Dream Chaser Spacecraft - Designated Landing Site Program (press release) September 10, 2015 ULA and Blue Origin Announce Production Agreement for American-Made BE-4 Engine (press release) agreement.aspx?title=ula+and+blue+origin+announce+production+agreement+for+american- Made+BE-4+Engine September 8, 2015 Rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne wants to buy United Launch Alliance for $2 billion September 2, 2015 Sen. Nelson: Shiloh in southern Volusia won t be a spaceport September 1, 2015 Galileo s Suppliers Call for Support on Par with What Competitors Get September 1, 2015 India-US space cooperation set to reach new heights August 31, 2015 Branson-Backed OneWeb Eyes $2.5bn Launchpad August 28, 2015 More than $2 Billion Invested in Space Companies Since

10 August 28, 2015 NASA AWards Contract for Construction of New Mission Launch Command Center at Wallops Flight Facility August 27, 2015 U.S. Air Force to Award Integration Studies to SpaceX August 25, 2015 Boeing Satellite Division Eyes Several Hundred Layoffs August 20, 2015 NASA Considering More Cargo Orders from Orbital ATK, SpaceX August 18, 2015 NOAA Signs Deal with SES for 03B High Throughput Solution August 17, 2015 NASA Orders Two More ISS Cargo Missions from Orbital ATK August 16, 2015 Private firms might get to buy or lease foreign satellites (relates to Indian Space Research organization) August 14, 2015 Antares launches to resume at Wallops in August 12, 2015 Orbital Buys Second Atlas V for Cargo Launch, Antares Progressing to Return to Flight August 5, 2015 NASA Notifies Congress About Space Station Contract Modification With Russia 8

11 The Business II: Economics of Space Exploration September 3, 2015 In-Orbit Services Experts See Bright Future, Challenges September 1, 2015 AIAA Space 2015, The Business of Space panel - video on YouTube September 2015 The Extraterrestrial Commodities Market (relates to resources from asteroids and comets) August 28, 2015 Asteroids loom as the new Klondike for Seattle region s space industry August 11, 2015 Asteroid Mining May Be a Reality by August 11, 2015 Rocketing Prices: The Investors Eyeing the Riches of Space August 9, 2015 Antarctica May Hold the Key to Regulating Mining in Space July 29, 2015 Trillion Dollar Baby Asteroid Has Wannabe Space Miners Salivating July 21, 2015 The Era of Asteroid Mining Just Quietly Got Under Way 3-reflight/ 9

12 July 17, 2015 International Study Finds Global Benefits, Economic Gains from Mining Space Mineral Resources July 9, 2015 The Potential $100 Trillion Market for Space Mining July 2015 The Case for Space 2015: The Impact of Space on the UK Economy June 9, 2015 Of Course Space Exploration is Worth the Money The Fights: Lawsuits, Settlements, and Investigations September 9, 2015 GAO Lambasts Air Force, Chides DOD, Over GPS OCX Ground Segment Acquisition September 3, 2015 Colorado Lawmaker Pushes U.S. Air Force to Scrutinize SpaceX September 3, 2015 Rocket crashes spur demands for review of NASA program September 2, 2015 Two Senators Seek GAO Review of NASA Commercial Cargo Contracts September 2, 2015 NASA vehicles maintenance contractors in federal fraud lawsuit 10

13 August 26, 2015 NASA Assures Congress Orb-3 and SpX-7 Investigations Are Similar August 25, 2015 Letter from NASA to Rep. Lamar Smith regarding investigations of SpaceX and Orbital ATK failures August 13, 2015 House Science Chairman Alleges Special Treatment for SpaceX (re incident investigations) July 31, 2015 Members of Congress Raise Questions About SpaceX Investigation in Wake of Explosion. July 28, 2015 NTSB: Aerospace Accident Report (re SpaceShipTwo) July 22, 2015 The Next Space Race Is Being Run By Lawyers (relates to informal complaint by Intelsat at FCC re SpaceX satellites) July 20, 2015 SpaceX Falcon 9 Failure Investigation Focuses on COPV Struts June 23, 2015 SpaceX Fails in Efforts to Dismiss Labor Lawsuits Miscellaneous September 10, 2015 NASA Struggles Over Deep-Space Plutonium Power 11

14 September 10, 2015 JAXA, UN Offer Cubesat Opportunities to Developing Nations from ISS September 10, 2015 China to explore dark side of the moon September 9, Unexpected Countries With Space Programs September 7, 2015 Saudi Arabia to launch a satellite every two years September 5, 2015 One-on-one with NASA s chief space station builder September 3, 2015 Russia is Returning to the Moon, Paving the Way for a Crewed Landing September 1, 2015 The second China-US high-level meeting on satellite matters was held September 1, 2015 Stunning Web Comic Brassens in Space Takes Readers on Cosmic Journey August 25, 2015 Should Mars Be Independent, or Just a Colony of Earth? August 15, 2015 Will Tianjin Explosion Impact China s Space Program? August 13, 2015 Ireland s first ever spacecraft announced 12

15 UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS - SPACE (NOT PRIMARY SPACE LAW FOCUS) American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space 2015 Pasadena, California August 31 September 2, National Academies of Sciences, Space Studies Board, Committee on Achieving Science Goals With Cubesats Symposium Irvine, CA September 2-4, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 33rd AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC 2015) Gold Coast, QLD, Australia September 7-10, Infocast Space 2.0: New Applications & Markets Milpitas, CA September 8-10, Telemarketers DARPA Wait? What? St. Louis, MO September 9-11, Air Force Association Air & Space Conference and Technology Exhibition National Harbor, MD September 14-16,

16 Euroconsult World Satellite Business Week Paris, France September 14-18, Asia Pacific Satellite Communications Council APSCC 2015 Seoul, South Korea September 22-24, Gateway to Space 2015 St. Louis, MO September 26, International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight Las Cruces, NM October 7-8, International Astronautical Federation, International Academy of Astronautics & International Institute of Space Law 66 th Annual International Astronautical Congress Jerusalem, Israel October 12-16, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Commercial Space Transportation Fall 2015 Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting Washington, DC October 20-21, British Interplanetary Society 13 th Reinventing Space Conference Oxford, UK November 9-13, SpaceCom: The Space Commerce Conference and Exposition Houston, TX November 17-19,

17 Federal Aviation Administration 19 th Annual FAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference Washington, DC TBD in February 2016 [No web page yet] Space Center Houston 22nd Annual Space Exploration Educators Conference February 4-6, The Space Foundation 32 nd Space Symposium Colorado Springs, CO April 11-14, National Space Society 35 th Annual International Space Development Conference San Juan, Puerto Rico May 18-22, ISS R&D Conference San Diego, CA July 12-14, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space 2016 Long Beach, CA September 12-15, International Astronautical Federation, International Academy of Astronautics & International Institute of Space Law 67 h Annual International Astronautical Congress Guadalajara, México September 26-30,

18 PHOTO The following Looking Over Pluto image was released by New Horizons, NASA s mission to Pluto, on September 10,