The American Space Law Society

laying the foundation for civilization in the stars.

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South Carolina may not be the obvious frontrunner, but the state brings a strong institutional training background through Fort Jackson and The Citadel, alongside an aerospace and nuclear presence.

Even if a more space-centric state such as Florida or Alabama is ultimately selected, we believe our contributions can still meaningfully shape the Academy.

The American Space Law Society has submitted a memorandum to Governor Henry McMaster urging South Carolina to organize a response to NASA’s Request for Information, and offering research into the Academy’s shared professional experience.

Our focus is a shared professional foundation across technical, legal, policy, and operational disciplines. Their instruction will differ, but their responsibilities will intersect throughout their careers. Learning to exercise judgment together should be part of their education.

Our proposed “Space Year” would serve as a culminating capstone, bringing students from those disciplines together to apply their education to shared mission problems, grounded in leadership and public service.

We have requested a meeting with the appropriate state lead to discuss our contribution. South Carolina has an opportunity to help shape an institution with a national purpose and a future measured in generations. The American Space Law Society is prepared to contribute to that work.

Read more and view the full memorandum on our website:
https://t.co/mroJUxYGfG

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As a South Carolina nonprofit working on space law and policy, The American Space Law Society sees an opportunity for our state to help shape the proposed United States Space Academy.

We’ve written to Governor McMaster. Our contribution below.

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@astrobiopunk 👀

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Administrator Isaacman is spot on here.

Cumbersome and obstructionist Planetary Protection Protocols can significantly hinder and even threaten to prevent human space exploration all together.

As the American Space Law Society points out in our response to NASA's RFI: Private Sector Activities in Astrobiology, Planetary Protection, and Space Biology. NASA should take charge, leading the world in establishing Planetary Protection Protocols for commercial spaceflight, shaping them to support America's serious spacefairing future, not the goals of UN-bureaucrats.

Check out our full 3-page response and suggestion for collaboration below👇

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

Bureaucracy has already throttled space exploration, and this article proposes creating a UN-affiliated 'Planetary Stewardship Council'? As a species, there are few things we actually agree upon here on Earth, so how could this possibly advance progress in space?

No. The authors incredible accomplishments aside, as a society we need fewer bureaucrats regulating tethered caps on plastic water bottles and more doers if we want to see even a glimpse of that exciting future so many of us imagined as children.

When the capabilities are there to send NASA astronauts back to the Moon and on to Mars, we will go. We will do so thoughtfully, as we always have, and we will do so for all mankind.

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Our response proposes a collaboration with NASA on the emerging governance of independently led lunar and interplanetary missions.

We focus on three questions:

1. How NASA’s planetary-protection expertise should interface with new commercial mission authorization.
2. How those rules work across real mission types
3. How NASA can exercise technical leadership through COSPAR and the development of international planetary-protection practice.

Read the full three-page response:
https://t.co/3Qiz0VNrw8

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We’re not slowing down.

Two days after our relaunch and first federal filing, the American Space Law Society submitted a response to NASA on planetary protection for commercial exploration
NASA should help lead American practice and shape the international standards that follow

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Read our six-page response to BOEM’s RFI on offshore launch and reentry. It proposes a White House-convened interagency MOU, coordinated review across BOEM, FAA, and the Coast Guard, and a practical path for repurposing existing offshore facilities.

https://t.co/cvp1Q3NG1C

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We’re back.

The American Space Law Society returns with formal comments on BOEM’s request for information on offshore launch and reentry.

The next era of spaceflight will demand law and institutions built for what comes next.

The future of spaceflight starts today.
Link below

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Re-ignition is on the way