Believe it or not, there is more to ITAR than annoying programmers with crypto export rules. All manner of cutting edge shit has obvious military applications

Believe it or not, there is more to ITAR than annoying programmers with crypto export rules. All manner of cutting edge shit has obvious military applications and is covered by ITAR. ITAR may cover materials, radios, navigation systems, and much more. Any of those might plausibly be in a space probe. Various technologies relating to satellites in particular are covered.