NAC Regulatory and Policy Committee, November 2018

NAC Regulatory and Policy Committee, November 2018

The new Regulatory and Policy Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) met for the first time on November 16, 2018.  It adopted “observations, findings, and recommendations” on eight topics:

  • Export Controls
  • Intellectual Property
  • Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) regarding its planetary protection guidelines
  • Supporting Space-Based Commercial Development
  • Enhancing ISS and Private Sector Habitat/Stion Utilization in LEO and Beyond
  • Utilization of Logos
  • Leveraging Advertising
  • Astronaut Endorsements

SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the meeting, particularly its discussion of changes it wants to planetary protection guidelines developed by COSPAR and designed to prevent contamination of other planets by Earth microbes and vice versa, on November 23, 2018.  The article includes a link to the texts of all the OFRs.