Executive Order Aims to Advance Space Industry by Reducing Environmental Regulation Written 18 August 2025
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An Atlas V Rocket on the launch pad. | Credit: NASA; Wikipedia; Public Domain
Defense One reports, “The U.S. government must reduce environmental and other regulations to make it easier for commercial space companies to launch rockets, expand launch facilities, and perform “novel” space activities, according to a new executive order. “It is the policy of the United States to enhance American greatness in space by enabling a competitive launch marketplace and substantially increasing commercial space launch cadence and novel space activities by 2030,” says the order, signed Wednesday by President Donald Trump.”
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