Washington D.C. – New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez signed into law today a bill that will extend liability protections beyond spacecraft operators. Through informed consent, spaceflight participants are accepting the risks associated with spaceflight. Should they incur any injury while participating in spaceflight activities, this bill will provide the necessary liability protection from lawsuits against [...]
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The Commercial Spaceflight Federation Commends the Passage of New Mexico Spaceflight Liability Bill
Topic Spotlight: the FAA Space Transportation Infrastructure Matching Grants Program
In the 1993 NASA Authorization Act, Congress authorized a new program to support commercial space transportation facilities, known as the Space Transportation Matching Grants (STIM-Grants) Program. The STIM-Grants program enables spaceports to develop infrastructure to improve U.S. space competitiveness in the global marketplace. The grants are administered by Secretary of Transportation, under consultation with the [...]
Commercial Spaceflight Federation Congratulates Winners of First-Ever Spaceport Infrastructure Grants Awarded by FAA
Washington, D.C. – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation welcomes the recent announcement by the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation that several U.S. spaceports have received funds under the inaugural round of the Space Transportation Infrastructure Matching Grants (STIM-Grants) program. Several Commercial Spaceflight Federation member spaceports received grants as part of the first-year’s $500,000 total allocation, [...]
Cecil Field Spaceport in Jacksonville, Florida Joins the CSF as Newest Executive Member
Washington, D.C. – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is pleased to announce that Cecil Field Spaceport in Jacksonville, Florida, which received its spaceport license from the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this year, has joined the Federation as an Executive Member, having received unanimous approval by the Commercial Spaceflight Federation’s Board of Directors. Cecil Field (airport code [...]
Commercial Spaceflight Federation Commends New Mexico for Passage of Key Liability Legislation
On Saturday, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson signed into law the “New Mexico Space Flight Informed Consent Act,” following similar legislation already passed in Virginia and Florida. The legislation marks a key step towards commercial operations of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo at the New Mexico spaceport. Recognizing that commercial suborbital spaceflight is a developing industry, the [...]
“The Space Entrepreneur” Named by Aviation Week Magazine As Its 2009 Person of the Year
Commercial spaceflight is featured in this week’s cover story of Aviation Week and Space Technology, which has selected “The Space Entrepreneur” as its 2009 Person of the Year. “Space entrepreneurs had a big influence on aerospace in 2009,” write Aviation Week editors Frank Morring and Guy Norris, “although it does not begin to compare with [...]
Popular Science Features Commercial Spaceflight on January Cover, Discusses NASA Partnerships
Popular Science is featuring the commercial spaceflight industry as its January 2010 cover story, in an article titled “The New Space Rush.” “By the measure of private investment,” says Popular Science, “there is clearly more market optimism than ever before about private industry’s ability to do the job [of Low Earth Orbit transportation], for both [...]
Centennial Challenges, Spaceport Infrastructure Grants, and Suborbital Science to Receive Funds from NASA and FAA
NASA’s Centennial Challenges prize program, FAA’s Spaceports Infrastructure Grants initiative, and the new NASA Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research program (CRuSR) gained momentum after receiving funding in the NASA and FAA appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2010, passed by Congress and signed by the President last week. The Commercial Spaceflight Federation conducted advocacy efforts for these [...]
Commercial Spaceflight Federation Announces Creation and Initial Membership of Spaceports Council
Washington, D.C. – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is pleased to announce the creation and initial membership of the Spaceports Council, composed of spaceports worldwide who seek to cooperate on issues of common interest such as airspace access, legal and regulatory frameworks, infrastructure, international policy migration, liability, and voluntary common operating standards. The Spaceports Council, which [...]
Investment in Commercial Spaceflight Grows to $1.46 Billion, Updated Industry Study Reveals
Total investment in the commercial human spaceflight sector has risen by 20% since January 2008, reaching a cumulative total of $1.46 billion, according to a new extensive study performed by the Tauri Group and commissioned by the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. Revenues and deposits for commercial human spaceflight services, hardware, and support services has also grown, [...]