"There must be a predictable, transparent and common sense regulatory framework that protects investment and lower barriers to entry for private capital," said Axiom Space's Mary Lynne Dittmar.
"I think the FCC needs some remodeling," Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said, announcing the new bureau as well as a new, separate International Affairs office.
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"We need to address space debris so that space is sustainable and remains a working environment," Ezinne Uzo-Okoro, assistant director for space policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), said today.
"Orbital debris remediation is one of the main areas where the US is falling behind other countries, and this bill would help put America back in a leadership position on making space more sustainable for all to use," enthused Secure World Foundation's Brian Weeden.
The "National Orbital Debris Implementation Plan" issued by the Office of Science and Technology Policy assigns DoD the lead for some 17 tasks.
The open meeting at times resembled the TV comedy Seinfeld's Festivus celebration's "airing of grievances," but there was widespread accord on a number of recommendations.
Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.
The Aerospace study found that controlling the creation of dangerous space junk is a regulatory arena "where clarity is badly needed," for one.
"Failure to conduct sustainable and transparent operations in an environment with a growing number of players may lead to conflict if careless behavior or unannounced proximity operations are interpreted as hostile acts," says Aerospace Corp.'s James Vedda.
"I think we need to recognize that the space domain has evolved over the past several years," says Secure World Foundation's Victoria Samson. "And then our governance needs to evolve with that."
"Putting non-maneuverable cubesats into LEO in densely populated orbits ... is like putting go-carts on the freeway. Nobody would do that," says Viasat's John Janka.