President To Sign Space Policy Directive 2 Today

Notes from 9:30 am EDT press event with National Space Council Executive Director Scott Pace: At 11:00 am EDT today President Trump will sign Space Policy Directive 2. It will include 4 space policy directives based on recommendations made at the National Space Council meeting at KSC in Feb and is based on SPD 1. Space Policy Directive 2 directs the Department of Transportation to revise regulatory process for transportation to space and the Department of Commerce for remote sensing. Space Policy Directive 2 will also create a "one stop shop" for commercial space at Department of Commerce. Space Policy Directive 2 will ask Department of Commerce and OSTP to work with FCC report to the President global competitiveness on radio frequency policy at ITU and other fora. Space Policy Directive 2 requires a report on export licensing of space technology. President Trump recognizes that space is important to U.S. global competitiveness and leadership.

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