Lyon Brad King Contributor is chief executive and co-founder of and the Ron and Elaine Starr Professor in Space Systems, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, at Michigan Technological University. US laws governing space travel are not keeping up with advances in space technology, according to FCC CEO and co-founder Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch King. He said more satellites would be launched in the next 5-7 years than in the entire history of space travel, but plans by established firms and start-ups were being disrupted by “stuffy, antiquated rules and regulations” from FCC ( FCC ), which controls permits for space travel. He said if the U.S. government continued to ignore the need for a comprehensive space policy there could be a “legally catastrophic” international space dispute.
US laws governing space travel are not keeping up with advances in space technology, according to FCC CEO and co-founder Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch King. He said more satellites would be launched in the next 5-7 years than in the entire history of space travel, but plans by established firms and start-ups were being disrupted by “stuffy, antiquated rules and regulations” from FCC ( FCC ), which controls permits for space travel. He said if the U.S. government continued to ignore the need for a comprehensive space policy there could be a “legally catastrophic” international space dispute.