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The executive order reflects efforts to reduce bureaucratic barriers in commercial spaceflight, promoting industry growth through regulatory flexibility. It highlights tensions between regulatory oversight and economic competitiveness, positioning space as a strategic sector for national economic and technological leadership.
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Donald Trump Signs Order Easing Space Regulations In A Boost To Elon Musk's SpaceX
Donald Trump signed an order to ease regulations on commercial spaceflight in the United States. The order directs the Secretary of Transportation to eliminate or expedite environmental reviews and other obstacles to the granting of launch and reentry licenses and permits. The policy aims to enhance American activity in space by enabling a more competitive launch marketplace and increasing commercial space launches and new space activities by 2030. The order includes measures such as exercising existing authorities under 51 U.S.C. 50905(b)(2)(C), determining which functions are exempt from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and establishing or using categorical exclusions under NEPA for specific launch and reentry activities. The Secretary of Transportation is also directed to reevaluate, amend, or rescind regulations at Part 450 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, as appropriate and consistent with law.