The commercial space industry must be allowed to thrive as the nation works to remain out front innspace and as government continues to rely heavily on commercial partners, said lawmakers and governmentnofficials Wednesday on Capitol Hill at a Future Space Leaders event. "Space has become intertwinednwith everything we do," said Douglas Loverro, deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy.nThe nation’s "commercial infrastructure is empowered by satellite communications at large," he said.n"GPS isn’t the only thing that touches you every day." Cars have satellite radio and people subscribe tonsatellite TV, he said.
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