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Commercial Space Flight -- Navigating the Gravitational Pull of Budget Cuts

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 06.10.13

On May 2, NASA announced that Congressional funding cuts in the Commercial Crew Program have delayed its plans to transport U.S. astronauts to and from the International Space Station using commercial launch services offered by U.S. companies. In Commercial Space Flight: Recent Turbulence and Promising Future?, Crowell & Moring attorneys discuss NASA's plans to replace the space shuttle with commercially operated space lift capabilities, recent setbacks in those plans, and the potential future trajectory of the commercial space flight industry.


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Client Alert | 4 min read | 09.12.25

SBA’s OHA Further Defines Extraordinary Action in SDVOSB Appeal

On September 4, 2025, the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) granted an appeal challenging SBA’s determination that a service-disabled veteran did not control an entity applying for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) status based on a minority owner’s ability to block certain actions in the matter of VSBC Appeal of: Blue Skye Foods, LLC, SBA No. VSBC-442-A....