White House Directs Interior Department to Site New Federal Spaceport

By Stephen Clark · Ars Technica · 2026-08-21

A new national space transportation policy aims to alleviate congestion at existing launch sites by identifying additional federal land and offshore platforms for rocket operations. According to reporting from Ars Technica, the directive tasking the Department of the Interior to

A new national space transportation policy aims to alleviate congestion at existing launch sites by identifying additional federal land and offshore platforms for rocket operations. According to reporting from Ars Technica, the directive tasking the Department of the Interior to