A lobbying window of opportunity

> No, the USA is afraid that if I communicate with citizens of
Canada and
> Brazil about 50+ year old technology it will harm US interests.
Don't
> underestimate the irrationality of US technology export
regulations.
> Not only are certain things "born secret," so that the idea is
> classified from the moment it appears in your head, but even
> communication with foreign nationals about information already
> available to them through other channels may be illegal under
certain
> circumstances.

What you said above about an idean being born triggered this
question I have for you.

I've know that these regulations applied to a great many dual use
technologies and I've tried to do my homework before asking others
to do it for me

but I never did find out whether the Missile Technology Control
Regime applies to an idea that you develop on your own, off of the
government's dime? Also, can they retroactively go after you after
you export your product, service or idea on the grounds that you
should have known that this was being used for Missile development
even though it wasn't detailed in their exhaustive list because it
hasn't been thought of yet. Basically, do they want you to be
omniprescient even when they're not?

Lastly, the Missile Technology Control Regime has been a boon for
foreign space development and ancillary companies because many
international users steer completely away from sourcing ANY US
components in their satellites and vehicles.

TangoMan

>
> > Brazil has a blossoming aeronautical industry (embrae) with an
> > excellent
> > aircraft that seems well engineered and fits a niche at a very
> > competative
> > price...
>
> Also lots of ambitious young engineers looking to make their mark
on
> the world and earn a name for themselves alongside such aviation
> pioneers as Santos-Dumont.
>
> > Canada also has their own aircraft manufacturing industry as
well that
> > is
> > doing OK in the regional jet category...
>
> Not to mention two very credible X-Prize teams. You'd really think
it
> ought to be OK to collaborate with Canadians on civilian
spaceflight
> technology, wouldn't you? According to the law as it currently
stands
> you could do jail time if you try.
>
> > I would think that they would be more than open to expand in
these
> > fields to
> > include aerospace, i.e. rockets. If memory serves, wasn't there
an
> > alternative launch program that was considering a Brazilian
island as
> > a base
> > before settling on Christmans Island next to Australia?
>
> There are a number of promising spots in Brazil for launch sites,
but I
> don't know of the specific case you refer to. In fact Brazil
already
> has a government run spaceport.
>
> > Perhaps to get things going again, we need to re examine how the
> > commercial
> > aircraft industry got going... after all, early aircraft where
hardly
> > all-weather, super stable platforms, affordable-operating-cost
> > transport
> > medium that we consider them to be today.
>
> This is the tack being taken by many of the suborbital startups.
When
> they were first invented airplanes were little more than
novelties. But