    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [February 12, 1991]
    [Page 139]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on United States Commercial Space
    Policy Guidelines
    February 12, 1991

        The President has approved U.S. commercial space policy guidelines
    aimed at expanding private sector investment in space by the market-
    driven commercial space sector. These guidelines are the result of a 9-
    month interagency review of the commercial space sector conducted by the
    Vice President and the National Space Council.
        The U.S. commercial space policy guidelines recognize that a robust
    commercial space sector has the potential to generate new technologies,
    markets, jobs, and other important economic benefits to the Nation. The
    guidelines contain new provisions and definitions of key concepts to
    provide for more effective implementation of the national space policy
    by U.S. Agencies.