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Opinion: To advance US space leadership, move past Ligado

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By Robert M. McDowell, robert mcdowell
| FierceWireless Verified
The global space economy is projected to spike from $613 billion per year to $1 trillion by 2032, according to the Space Foundation. Commercial space is rapidly becoming part of humanity’s critical infrastructure. Recognizing its vital nature, a 2025 executive order by President Donald Trump calls for American “space superiority.” Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr wants U.S. businesses to “dominate in orbit,” as part of the “Build America” agenda.
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Opinion: To advance US space leadership, move past Ligado

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By Robert M. McDowell, robert mcdowell
| Fierce Network Verified
The global space economy is projected to spike from $613 billion per year to $1 trillion by 2032, according to the Space Foundation. Commercial space is rapidly becoming part of humanity’s critical infrastructure. Recognizing its vital nature, a 2025 executive order by President Donald Trump calls for American “space superiority.” Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr wants U.S. businesses to “dominate in orbit,” as part of the “Build America” agenda.
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Opinion | Local TV Rules Are Stuck in the 1990s

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By Robert M. McDowell, robert mcdowell
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
Local news will die unless the Trump administration acts to fulfill a Clinton-era legal mandate. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in Washington, Jan. 14. Tom Williams/Zuma Press How long should it take an agency to comply with a deregulatory mandate from Congress? Is 30 years too long? On Feb. 8, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the bipartisan Telecommunications Act. That legislation envisioned that market forces and competition would make decades of New Deal-era industrial policies unnecessary.
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