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Participants at the conference in Montreux, Switzerland, expressed growing concern over the lack of a clearly defined US space policy, particularly as related to the balance to be sought between expendable launch vehicles and the space shuttle transportation system. Participants, concerns, international station, agreement text.

He then obtained a Master of Laws in Admiralty with distinction from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana being the 3rd Venezuelan to attend the program. Aurelio Fernandez-Concheso is a Venezuelan lawyer who obtained his law degree in the Andres Bello Catholic University in Caracas. [Extracted from the article]

The article offer aviation and science and technology news brief as of May 2015. It mentions response of Akbar al Baker of Qatar Airways to campaign headed by U.S. carriers American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and U.S. labor groups, alleging Qatar-owned airlines have benefited from government subsidies. It adds Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Act or Space Act of 2015 to regulate spaceflight. It discusses call for the U.S. headquarter Pentagon's office for testing.

The article informs that the Portugal has been taking important steps in the space industry. Topics discussed include launched the Atlantic International Research Centre (the AIR Centre); launched the Azores International Satellite Launch Programme; and approved its own National Space Act and Regional Space Act.

U.S. aerospace industry-related news briefs are presented for January 2012. U.S. President Barack Obama announced that he wishes to improve the U.S. travel industry. Michael Gilmore of the U.S. Department of Defense, reports that many of the weapons used by the U.S. armed forces are not reliable and do not meet service goals. The Obama administration has has stated that it will not enter into a code of conduct for outer space such as that proposed by the European Union (EU).

The article reports that U.S. Secretary Mary Peters had told members of the Aero Club of Washington on January 23, 2007 that she is already working with the new chairmen of the U.S. House and Senate Committee and aviation subcommittees on plans for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill. She also said that the bill will be out shortly after the budget submission of U.S. President George W. Bush.

The article reports that the debate over European launch policy has set users against rocket builders. European space agency heads are debating the merits of a policy change that would give institutional buyers some latitude in using lower-cost non-European launch systems, just as industry executives have renewed warnings of dire consequences if new launcher development projects are not undertaken soon. Speaking in the margins of the Venus Express launch, European Space Agency Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain said that the debate originated with questions over the integration of the agency's light Vega launcher into Europe's overall launcher program.

The article reports that Italy and Germany appear poised to transfer their national space agencies away from the traditional home of space activities in European countries and closer to the center of power. The Italian parliament is considering a new bill that would place its space agency under the direction of an interministerial committee, with responsibility for policy, strategy and coordination directly in the hands of the prime minister. The administrator would be selected by the prime minister and named by the cabinet. The bill is the outgrowth of three previous proposals put forward by both opposition parties and parties allied with the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The article reports on several developments related to the aviation industry. It is informed that the 22 members of the Latin American airlines association Aital reported carrying 6.9 million passengers in August, a 14.7% increase compared with August 2004 and 10.7% compared with July. It is reported that the transport committee of the European Parliament has endorsed a plan to establish an EU-wide blacklist of carriers banned from flying in the airspace of the 25 EU members. The full Parliament will consider the issue Nov. 15, with a vote by the EU Transport Council set for early December.

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has reestablished the old Office of Aeronautics as part of its reorganization to accommodate U.S. President George W. Bush's new space policy. Retaining its "Code R" designation, the office will yield the Orbital Space Plane, Next-Generation Launch Technology and some smaller programs to the new Office of Exploration Technology (Code T), along with what administrator Sean O' Keefe has said will be about $6 billion to reallocate over five years to the new work. The Pentagon's touted, highly precise combat during the Iraq war may have had an unintended consequence, fueling the insurgency problems the U.S. military now faces there. One of the pitfalls the U.S. has encountered in developing the highly tailored weapons required to destroy an adversary's weapons of mass destruction facilities is the accurate emulation of the intended target.

The article reports on a new law that would allow the launch of space satellites from Great Britain for the first time, enabling scientists to conduct medical experiments in space.

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