Proposal for Streamlined U.S. Regulatory Approval for Novel Commercial Space Activities

Key takeaways: The U.S. Office of Space Commerce (“OSC”) has released a proposal for streamlining regulatory approval of novel commercial space activities. The process includes a presumption of approval with denial only for a delimited list of reasons. Example novel activities include in-space manufacturing, orbital computing, satellite servicing, lunar operations, and commercial inhabitable stations. Applications…... By: Knobbe Martens