Sean Duffy: “Today was the 1,000th private launch that's taken place…”

“What does that mean? Who is doing that? Well, listen, what we want to do is have spaceports around the country. That makes sense for the private sector. By the way, Today was the 1,000th private launch that's taken place. That's taken 35 years. We're going to get to the second thousand in less than five years because of President Trump's executive order.” (12:32–12:40)

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