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rocket: the U.S. Chamber of necessary for continued commercial expansion
Commerce projects that commercial into space.
space will be at least a $1.5 trillion
industry by 2040. That’s where the U.S. Chamber comes in. We are working
with all private- and public-sector stakeholders to chart
We are in the early stages of an the course toward a mature commercial space regulatory
economic revolution that could regime. To that end, on Tuesday, December 3, we hosted
redefine the limits of humankind. LAUNCH: The Space Economy, our second annual summit
Space isn’t an empty void but a dedicated entirely to commercial space. The summit
landscape of endless possibility. will bring together hundreds of business leaders and
The minerals and energy resources government officials who are building the regulatory
that are scarce here on Earth are framework for a national space policy that
includes private sector collaboration.
everywhere in our solar system.
The future of our economy
Lunar colonies, asteroid depends on the vigorous pursuit
mining, and interplanetary of industry beyond Earth. And
travel—once the stuff of with the right combination
science-fiction—could very of private investment and
soon become a reality. But public policy, our potential
for that to happen, we need for growth—like space
sensible public policies that itself—has no limits.■
will foster the innovation,
investment, and growth
Image from NASA
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Commerce projects that commercial into space.
space will be at least a $1.5 trillion
industry by 2040. That’s where the U.S. Chamber comes in. We are working
with all private- and public-sector stakeholders to chart
We are in the early stages of an the course toward a mature commercial space regulatory
economic revolution that could regime. To that end, on Tuesday, December 3, we hosted
redefine the limits of humankind. LAUNCH: The Space Economy, our second annual summit
Space isn’t an empty void but a dedicated entirely to commercial space. The summit
landscape of endless possibility. will bring together hundreds of business leaders and
The minerals and energy resources government officials who are building the regulatory
that are scarce here on Earth are framework for a national space policy that
includes private sector collaboration.
everywhere in our solar system.
The future of our economy
Lunar colonies, asteroid depends on the vigorous pursuit
mining, and interplanetary of industry beyond Earth. And
travel—once the stuff of with the right combination
science-fiction—could very of private investment and
soon become a reality. But public policy, our potential
for that to happen, we need for growth—like space
sensible public policies that itself—has no limits.■
will foster the innovation,
investment, and growth
Image from NASA
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