Past Work
2024 Objectives
The alliance goals for 2024 were chiefly informed by the opportunity presented by the Commercial Space Act in the House of Representatives, which ASD worked to support in the second half of 2023:
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Pass the Commercial Space Act (H.R. 6131) which ensures US space treaty compliance by “novel” commercial space activities.
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Enable/Elevate the Office of Space Commerce
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Study the commercial potential of Space Solar Power
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Extend the “learning period” for human spaceflight
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Improve Licensing of Space Launch and Elevate the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) to become a separate agency reporting directly to the Secretary of Transportation.
ASD also supports these secondary objectives, including the full budget request for Commercial LEO Destinations, the Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope, NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate budget, and passage of the ORBITS Act (S. 447).
