Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land

President Donald Trump's new national space transportation policy, signed on Thursday, aims to develop additional spaceports to accommodate over 1,000 launches and reentries annually by 2030. This policy supersedes the 2013 space policy initiated by former President Barack Obama. Both policies share a focus on bolstering the commercial space sector and ensuring uninterrupted access to space.

However, the launch sector has undergone significant transformation since 2013. In 2020, there were 176 orbital launches from US soil, a nearly tenfold increase from the 2013 count. SpaceX spearheaded this surge with 165 Falcon 9 rocket orbital launches and five Starship suborbital tests. By 2030, our space transportation capabilities must expand to manage more than 1,000 launches and reentries each year, according to the policy. These policies aim to maintain America's dominance in space.