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10 months ago in Space Law By Kumar

Do all those state spaceflight immunity laws come from the same place?

A bunch of US states have passed laws limiting liability for spaceflight companies, especially for crew injuries. Did they all independently come up with this, or is there a common template?

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By Shubham Answered 5 months ago

One source, mostly. They're all variations on the federal Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004, which encouraged states to adopt informed-consent frameworks. Some states basically copied the federal language. Others adapted it. But yes, they share a DNA. It's a rare case of federal law deliberately seeding uniform state legislation.

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