Harris Hears from Space Firms in Push to Revamp Industry Rules

  • SpaceX, Northrop Grumman among technology companies at event
  • Harris calls for new rules to bolster public-private efforts
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a visit to Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California, on Aug. 12.Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Vice President Kamala Harris pushed for the government to update the rules regulating the space industry and to foster stronger public-private partnerships, at an event highlighting new technologies developed by firms like SpaceX.

“Today, at laboratories, on launchpads and in orbit, often in partnership with our government, commercial space companies are making real the opportunity of space for millions of Americans,” Harris said at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland. “Our government must deepen and strengthen our partnership with the private sector.”