The U.S. government must reduce environmental and other regulations to make it easier for commercial space companies to launch rockets, expand launch facilities, and perform "novel” space activities, according to a new executive order.

"It is the policy of the United States to enhance American greatness in space by enabling a competitive launch marketplace and substantially increasing commercial space launch cadence and novel space activities by 2030," says the order , signed Wednesday by President Donald Trump.

Specifically, the order will “eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch and re-entry licenses and permits and establish “exclusions” to the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA.

The order would also “reevaluate, amend, or rescind” regulations under the Fede

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