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Companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin deliver payloads, including cargo and crew, to space at a fraction of the cost of the previous Space Shuttle program.
Space is considered the next strategic high ground in any potential conflict with a near-peer adversary such as Russia or China.
Senator Mark Kelly has proposed creating a fund, financed by AI and data center companies, to support worker retraining and infrastructure development related to AI's economic impact.
Data centers are projected to increase their share of U.S. grid energy consumption from 6% today to as much as 12% within the next five years.
The conflict with Iran has resulted in the deaths of 13 Americans and has weakened relationships with both NATO and Gulf allies.
Iran is currently enriching uranium to a level of 60%.
The Obama administration initiated a strategic shift in U.S. space policy to move away from large, traditional government contractors like Boeing and Lockheed Martin due to high costs.
The current U.S. space strategy involves commercial companies managing operations in low Earth orbit, allowing NASA to focus on deep space missions like the Artemis program.
Senator Mark Kelly predicts that the U.S. will eventually transition to a commercial model for a lunar economy following the later Artemis missions.
Senator Mark Kelly suggests that after a commercial model is established for lunar operations, NASA's next major objective could be sending humans to Mars.
According to Senator Mark Kelly, the United States is the only country that has successfully sent people to the moon and returned them.
Senator Mark Kelly has introduced legislation offering expedited federal permitting and government assistance to data center companies that collaborate with local communities.