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Interview with Scott Pace in SciAm

There was an interesting interview done with NSC member Scott Pace that I thought gives some better ideas on what the US and in particular the NSC (National Space Council) is trying to facilitate.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/q-a-plotting-u-s-space-policy-with-white-house-adviser-scott-pace/

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