The change is intended to strengthen the competitiveness of the US space industry and bring benefits to companies such as SpaceX, reports Reuters and AFP.
US President Donald Trump signed a executive regulation on Wednesday to streamline federal regulations regulating the commercial start of missile, Reuters reported. The aim of this step is to significantly increase the number of space starts in the United States, writes TASR.
Since his return to the White House January, Trump has spoken of several space missions, such as sending people to the Moon and Mars. These flights are scheduled to take place using the Starship private SPACEX rocket, owned by the entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk. According to Reuters, his company and other private companies could benefit a new regulation.
Increase in starting frequency
“The United States policy is to strengthen the power of America in space by creating a competitive market discharge market by 2030 and significantly increases the frequency of commercial missile starts into space,” the document said.
The global market is dominated by SpaceX. His missiles of different sizes have started last year more than 130 times, and this number is likely to increase after Trump’s return, AFP wrote, recalled that Musk’s company also recorded a series of failures – the last routine test ended in June with a rocket explosion.
The controversy of the rules of the environment
Musk has long been promoting the release of regulations for the space industry. Until recently, the richest man of the world was a close advisor to Trump as the head of the Office (Doga), whose aim is to slim down the federal government. Musk withdrew from the post in May and the next month he was quarreling with Trump, AFP said.
In addition to streamlining the regulations, the US President’s order calls on the Minister of Transport Sean Duffy to “eliminate or speed up” the environmental impact assessment assessment. Therefore, the non -profit organization Center for Biological Diversity stated in response that Trump’s “irresponsible” command “opens the way to massive destruction of protected plants and animals”.
