A presidential memorandum orders a thousand launches a year by 2030

Claim

A presidential memorandum ordered 1,000 launches a year by 2030, a commercial lunar logistics architecture and commercial Mars round trips, while China's Chang'e 7 launched for the first direct landing at the lunar south pole.

Reported metric: 1,000 launches/year

Reporting date: 2026-08-23 (not necessarily the event date)

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