WASHINGTON — US commercial space firms are by and large welcoming a Commerce Department proposal for a one-stop licensing shop for currently unregulated operations, including a number of new missions — such as on-orbit refueling, satellite repair and close-up inspections — that the Space Force hopes to be able to at least partially outsource to commercial firms in the future.
“For years, the space industry has discussed the uncertainty facing companies seeking government approval of new activities in space — a loophole that left no federal agency with clear authority to authorize commercial space operations like in-space manufacturing or space-based power generation,”president of the Commercial Space Foundation Dave Cavossa told Breaking Defense. The Department…
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