The Department of Transportation's Office of Commercial Space Transportation is in the process of assessing the safety of a reentry vehicle and its operation and is developing an associated regulatory framework for ensuring public safety while minimizing regulatory burdens, delays, or uncertainties that could hamper or prevent development of commercial space transportation and reentry capabilities. As part of this overall activity, the existing statutory ceilings on third-party liability and government property insurance requirements were examined to establish their appropriateness for licensed reentry operations. Specifically, the Commercial Space Launch Act's existing ceilings and risk-based determination of the maximum probable loss that would result from licensed re-entries were examined to establish their appropriateness to licensed reentry operations.
Financial Responsibility for Reentry Vehicle Operations
1995
40 pages
Report
No indication
English