UN COPUOS Group D on Regulations and AST International Outreach Update

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UN COPUOS Group D on Regulations and AST
International Outreach Update
John Sloan FAA Office of Commercial Space
Transportation (AST) COMSTAC Operations Working
Group October 9, 2012
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Expert Working Group D Regulatory Regimes and
Guidance for Actors in the Space Arena

• UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space,
  Scientific and Technical Subcommittee Working
  Group on the Long Term Sustainability of Outer
  Space Activities
• Objective is to provide guidance to space actors
  on measures to ensure the long-term
  sustainability of space activities.
• Group D met informally on October 3 and 4 in
  Naples, Italy, at the International Astronautical
  Congress (IAC).
• Discussion of draft, voluntary guidelines
  paraphrased list
• 1. Consider international cooperation to enhance
  sustainability
• 2. Share information and expertise with other
  States
• 3. Adopt procedures to share information
• 4. Regulatory outreach and education
• 5. Encourage non-governmental involvement in
  regulatory development
• 6. Consider Long Term Sustainability when
  developing regulations
• 7. Address debris mitigation and use UN debris
  guidelines in regulations
• 8. Promote communication among domestic
  organizations, regulators
• Discussion of written report, whether or not to
  include definitions, and identification of future
  issues (jurisdiction on unregistered space
  objects, cubesats, ownership of hosted payloads).
• The next meeting is in February 2013 at UN COPUOS
  Scientific and Technical Subcommittee

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FAA Highlights at the International Astronautical
Congress in Naples, October 1-5, 2012

• The IAC is an annual conference hosted by the
  International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the
  International Institute of Space Law, and the
  International Academy of Astronautics
• Dr. George Nield, Associate Administrator for
  Commercial Space Transportation
• Spoke at a plenary session on commercial space
  transportation
• Presented an FAA paper on Certification Versus
  Licensing for Human Space Flight in Commercial
  Space Transportation
• Spoke at a technical session panel about FAA
  regulations
• John Sloan and Ken Davidian chaired IAF technical
  committee meetings and paper sessions
• Commercial Spaceflight Safety Committee
• http//www.iafastro.org/index.html?titleCommercia
  l_Spaceflight_Safety_Committee
• Entrepreneurship and Investment Committee
• http//www.iafastro.org/index.html?titleEntrepren
  eurship_and_Investment_Committee
• 2013 IAC is in Beijing, 2014 in Toronto, 2015 in
  Jerusalem

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Contact

• FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation
  (AST)
• Room 325, 800 Independence Ave, SW
• Washington, DC 20591
• http//www.faa.gov/go/ast
• http//www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_o
  ffices/ast/international_affairs/
• John Sloan
• Program Lead for International Outreach
• 1 202 267-7989
• john.sloan_at_faa.gov
• Mahamane Touré
• Foreign Affairs Specialist
• 1 202 267-8464
• mahamane.toure_at_faa.gov