Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion Spacecraft are located on top of the mobile launcher of the Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14, 2022. Cory Huston/NASA via AP
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 13th to ease restrictions on the commercial space industry and strengthen “America’s greatness in space.”
The order directs Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to work on the rationalization of licenses and commercial launches and re-entry processes to “eliminate obsolete, redundant or overly restrictive rules,” according to the White House fact sheet.
