"You need to be able to coordinate more in real time to make sure that, especially these life-carrying missions are secure, that they are predictable, and that we have everything in place before the launch goes."
"Central Florida has a lot of advantages in space flight."
"Oh, it's absolutely critical. As you recognize, there is--foreign powers around the world are--they are looking at the United States with envy."
"So how helpful would the LAUNCH Communications Act be in increasing and helping your busy launch schedule by streamlining FCC licenses?"
"But I think a lot of people don't realize how many of those are from SpaceX: 31 in 2021, 61 in 2022."
"In our last panel, we talked a lot about my back yard in Kissimmee, where we get to see the full magnificence of America's busiest spaceport."
"Well, we appreciate the FCC being responsive even to our efforts as we are still working on passing this bill into law."
"We really want to make sure this is nimble, because weather can be unpredictable."
"Thank you, Chairman, and appreciate both your support, our ranking member's and of course my fellow Floridian, Dr. Dunn, on this great bill we're hearing today, the LAUNCH Communications Act."
"This bill would enhance the ability of entities to launch rockets from the U.S."
"It just becomes--at some point, you hit the breaking point. It just becomes not viable."