by US President Donald Trump signed an executive regulation on Wednesday in which the regulations for the private space industry were relaxed, including the removal of some environmental exams to please his former advisor Elon Musk.
The executive regulation, in which it is said to “considerably” increased the number of space in the United States, was described by an environmental group as “ruthless”.
Since his return to the White House in January, Trump has discussed several space missions, including sending people to the moon and Mars.
The moon and Mars missions are planned to make a ride on the massive Starship rocket from Musk’s private company SpaceX.
However, the Starship had a number of setbacks, with the latest routine test ending in June with a fiery explosion.
SpaceX dominates the global starting market, with its rockets of different sizes last year more than 130 times deprivable and this number seems to increase according to Trump’s executive order.
“It is the United States’ policy to improve American size in space by enabling a competitive starting market and a significant increase in commercial space -Start -Cadence by 2030.
The change could use Musk that has long campaigned for the deregulation of the space industry. The richest man in the world was previously a close consultant of Trump before the couple had a dramatic, public public in July.
The executive order also called for the transport secretary Sean Duffy, who was at the signing and was currently the NASA administrator, “the environmental exams of the Ministry of Transport to start or accelerate.
SpaceX has been repeatedly criticized about the environmental impacts at the locations where the spaceship, the largest and most powerful rocket in history, blends.
The non -profit center for biological diversity based in the USA said Trump’s new executive regulations “paves the way for the massive destruction of protected plants and animals”.
“In this ruthless order, people and wild animals are at risk of private companies that bring huge rockets onto the market that often explode and are devastated in surrounding areas,” said Jared Margolis of the center in a statement.
Musk’s dreams of the colonization of Mars rely on the success of the spaceship, and SpaceX has rely on the fact that the ethos will be “almost” paid off at some point.
The Federal Aviation Administration approved an increase in the annual Starship rockets from five to 25 in early May and explained that the increased frequency would not adverse the environment.
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