Insurance and Liability
Who bears the risk when a manufacturing mission fails or a capsule causes damage?
Chapter summary
three kinds of risk need cover: loss of the mission and its payload, third-party liability for damage during launch or re-entry, and product liability once a space-made product reaches patients or customers.
Key takeaways
- 1
Launch and in-orbit insurance is an established market, though small for capsules; third-party liability is required by licensing authorities, with the FAA setting financial responsibility requirements for Part 450 licences; product liability for space-made medicines or devices is untested.
- 2
Customers should negotiate failure terms explicitly, because a failed process or lost capsule usually means a lost campaign.
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