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Bigelow Aerospace's Commodity Jurisdiction Request Under Itar And Its Impact On The Future Of Private Spaceflight, Mark J. Sundahl
Bigelow Aerospace's Commodity Jurisdiction Request Under Itar And Its Impact On The Future Of Private Spaceflight, Mark J. Sundahl
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On April 22, 2009, Bigelow Aerospace announced that the United States Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) had responded favorably to Bigelow's commodity jurisdiction request to ease its regulatory burden under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Prior to this decision by the DDTC, the presence of foreign nationals on a Bigelow space station would have been treated as an "export" of space technology under IT AR - thus requiring a license from the DDTC in addition to other burdens. Bigelow Aerospace's successful commodity jurisdiction request has removed these obstacles and, as a result, has breathed new life into …