Trump: In 2016, the U.S. Gov’t and the Private Sector Launched Just 22 Rockets into Orbit, ‘Last Year, We Conducted Nearly 200 Orbital Launches’

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TRUMP: “In 2016, the United States of America and our government, private sector launched just 22 rockets into orbit combined. So, we did 22. And last year, we conducted nearly 200 orbital launches and that number will continue to grow very, very rapidly, as you probably know. You know every one of them that’s getting ready. There are a lot of them. By embracing competition in the private sector, we freed up NASA to focus on what it does best, leading the cutting edge of exploration and human spaceflight.”