The current administration seems to have given some consideration to relaxing the ITAR Satellite rules...
http://rescommunis.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/obama-itar-reform-could-move-sat ellites-back-to-commerce/
Perhaps we should join the U.S. space hardware makers who have complained about lost market opportunities and allow them to put forward that a "World Friendly" educational satellite could set the stage as a "test case" for trying loosened restrictions.
We would need a lobbyist though, as the current rule making bodies don't seem to have a lot of Hams in them
Roger WA1KAT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob McGwier" rwmcgwier@gmail.com To: "Bruce Robertson" ve9qrp@gmail.com Cc: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 1:04 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Indian high-orbit satellite?
We should be ashamed of ourselves in NA and Europe for not having figured out the key to unlock the door, but having been there until my
We have an essentially COMPLETE Phase 3E sitting on the shelf, looking for a way to get up. We had a ride to geo with the outstreched hand waiting for O(10^7) dollars.
the BLOODY Itar rules that have not stopped a single adversary
from getting the technology they need, has truly magnified the cost and difficulty of export our satellites (so others build them instead), would send me to jail for helping.
Bob N4HY