President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 13 to ease regulations for the commercial space industry and enhance “American greatness in space.”
The order directs Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to work on streamlining the license and permitting process for commercial launch and reentry vehicles to “eliminate outdated, redundant, or overly restrictive rules,” according to a White House fact sheet.
This includes actions to “eliminate or expedite Department of Transportation’s environmental reviews” and other processes deemed to be unnecessary. Licensing is administered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The order emphasised the need to enable a “competitive launch marketplace” and substantially increase “commercial space launch cadence and novel space activities by 2030.”…
Trump Signs Order Easing ‘Restrictive’ Space Industry Rules
