§ 3-351 — Short title – Space Flight Liability and Immunity Act –

Definitions. A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Space Flight Liability and Immunity Act". B. As used in the Space Flight Liability and Immunity Act: 1. "Launch vehicle" means a vehicle built to operate in, or place a payload or humans in, outer space; 2. "Participant" means an individual space flight participant, who is not an employee of the space flight entity, carried within a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle; 3. "Participant injury" means any bodily injury, including death, emotional injury, or property damage sustained by the participant; 4. "Reentry vehicle" means a vehicle designed to return from Earth orbit or outer space to Earth, or a reusable launch vehicle designed to return from Earth orbit or outer space to Earth, substantially intact; 5. "Space flight activities" means: a. launch activities involved in the preparation of a launch vehicle, payload, crew, crew training, or space flight participant for launch, b. reentry activities involved in the preparation of a reentry vehicle and payload, crew, crew training, or space flight participant, if any, for reentry, or c. the conduct of a launch or a reentry; and 6. "Space flight entity" means any public or private entity holding, either directly or through a corporate subsidiary or parent, a license, permit, or other authorization issued by the United States Federal Aviation Administration pursuant to the Commercial Space Launch Activities chapter (51 U.S.C. Section 50901 et seq.), including, but not limited to, a safety approval and a payload determination. "Space flight entity" shall also include any manufacturer or supplier of components, services, or vehicles that have been reviewed by the United States Federal Aviation Administration as part of issuing such a license, permit, or authorization.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 2013, c. 177, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.