Developing space projects. Please welcome Christian Zur of the Space Industry Council, us chamber of commerce. Good morning and thank you to the chamber of commerce, launching the space economy. Our Second Annual space summit. Events such as this are team effort and we appreciate the support of our sponsors, boeing, northrup, rocket lab, one web, hawkeye 360, we have been busy in the past year from policy discussions ranging from management of commercial aviation and space launch airspace to small satellite encryption and the orbit assurance, commercial opportunities aboard the iss and future gateway. We convened a roundtable for the coast guard regarding the need for greater use of space surveillance in the arctic waterways. And Space Industry Council has an effort for policy pursuits. Fortunately we have an enthusiastic space industry ceo. And it sums up the chambers approach to the entire sector for which i will quote. Harnessing the potential of space will be no easy feat. It took
Everyone please sit down. Know we have people trickling in, but we are starting anyway. Ok. Welcome to the Wilson Center to those who are physically here and those who will be watching us on cspan and by other means. Harman, the president and ceo of the Wilson Center and former member of congress who is proud of her role in helping create the department of Homeland Security. Today we are pleased to cohost ural Homeland Security Experts Group meeting with support from the miners association, american airlines, and mckinsey. It is the group of the best americann the Homeland Security. It was found over 10 years ago and is now rebooted and housed at the minor corporation. Secretary and my dear friend Michael Chertoff and i are honored to be cochairs, and rob walker is the newly minted director. Mission is to offer independence, nonpartisan advice to key government officials as they face hard security programs, raise awareness, and offer solutions. We are nonpartisan and we hope we add val
Good morning, and welcome to the u. S. Chamber of commerce and to launch, the space economy, our Second Annual space summit. Events such as this are a team effort and we deeply appreciate the support of our sponsors, boeing, northrop, rocket lab, oneweb, hawkeye 360, and ascend. We have been businessy over the past year. From policy discussions ranging from management of commercial aviation and space launch airspace, to small satellite encryption and deorbit insurance and commercial opportunities aboard the iss and future gateway. We even convened a roundtable with a commandant of the u. S. Coast guard regarding the need of greater use of spaceenabled surveillance of the arctic waterways. Suffice to say the chambers procurement and Space Industry Council has an everexpanding set of policy pursuits. Fortunately, we have an enthusiastic space industry ceo here at the chamber. After last years summit tom donahue bro an articwrote an ar which i will quote. He wrote, harnessing the economic
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