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On the recordFebruary 9, 2014
Many in the commercial space industry found it much more advantageous to operate in other countries where, in fact, instead of over-regulating and essentially taxing the commercial space industry, they subsidized it.
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John Mica
Republican · Florida

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Mica highlights how foreign countries attract commercial space operations through subsidies.

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