Space
The global space industry is opening new markets and transforming our economy. Valued at nearly $450 billion and growing, the space industry is driving exhilarating technological progress that is helping advance many other industries, such as telecommunications, defense, bioscience, manufacturing, and energy exploration.
The 2023 Global Aerospace Summit convened leaders from the public and private sectors to look at the present and future of the commercial aviation and space industries.
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The rising space economy can play a critical role in the future prosperity of our people and our planet.
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Here’s what businesses need to know about the space industry in advance of the U.S. Chamber’s Global Aerospace Summit in September 2023.
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Every day, more businesses are considering the commercial potential of space. The U.S. Chamber is working closely with government and industry leaders to turn potential into a reality. We are advancing public-private collaboration needed to support space exploration and commercial and private aerospace travel as well as to create guidelines for managing traffic and commerce. We are also helping government leaders shape smart regulations to drive innovation and growth in this emerging sector so people, businesses, industries, and economies everywhere can benefit from the limitless possibilities of space.
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In order for the U.S. to remain leaders of space commerce, it has to be easier for businesses to get in the game.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced smallsat draft regulations at the U.S. Chamber’s Procurement and Space Industry Council roundtable July 9.
Strong leadership will be necessary to avoid overlapping and inconsistent regulations which create uncertainty in markets and increase the cost of doing business.
Small satellites are transforming the space industry and enabling new uses of space.
As Congress takes up the annual defense budget, it is worth acknowledging the comfort and quality of life to which we are accustomed owes its legacy in no small part to the collaborative force of the greatest public-private partnership in American history: the defense-industrial base.
By: Christian Zur As Congress takes up the annual defense budget, it is worth acknowledging the comfort and quality of life to which we are accustomed owes its legacy in no small part to the collaborative force of the greatest public-private partnership in American history: the defense-industrial base.
At the edge of the human frontier, moving at more than 17,000 miles an hour, the formation of entire new industries is underway.
The collective goal must be the safe and efficient operation of platforms across all users.
Over the decades of human space travel, thousands of objects are now in orbit above the earth. They include working satellites and the International Space Station, but they also include old, out-of-commission satellites, used rocket components, and even a wrench and toothbrush.
The April 2019 Defense and Aerospace Export Council newsletter.