> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:42:45 -0400 > Sender: Sigma Xi - Science In The News Service > LAW'S UNINTENDED CHILLING EFFECT > from The Los Angeles Times > A seemingly simple change in federal law has crippled space-related research > at universities across the country, barring many foreign exchange students > from participating in research projects and forcing some universities to > look warily at grants offered by industry and the government. > Scientists say the law and subsequent federal regulations bar foreign > nationals from all but the friendliest countries from participating in > research involving satellites, unless the individuals are specifically > "licensed" by the U.S. State Department. > Commercial satellite research was transferred under the law from the > Commerce Department to the State Department and placed under the federal > International Traffic in Arms Regulations. > Thus, any university that engages in research concerning almost any aspect > of space operations finds itself in the "munitions" industry, anathema to > institutions such as Stanford University, which has banned classified > research since 1969. > <http://www.latimes.com/news/science/science/20000619/t000058000.html> ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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