What Happened
Ambitious Plan Aims to Boost Space Transportation Industry
US President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum aimed at expanding America’s space transportation industry, with the goal of enabling more than 1,000 launches and reentries from US soil annually by 2030. The new policy replaces an outdated National Space Transportation Policy and focuses on increasing access to space, expanding private-sector participation, and strengthening the US space transportation industrial base. The expansion is intended to strengthen US national and economic security, while creating opportunities for commercial space companies and aerospace manufacturing, as reported by an unknown source.