Spaceport Special Economic Zones

Designate Starbase and similar U.S. spaceports as SEZs with streamlined permitting, customs, and municipal powers to scale launch, manufacturing, and support infrastructure. The claim is that current environmental and land‑use rules make a 'portal to space' impossible on needed timelines, so a special jurisdiction could align law with strategic space goals. — This reframes U.S. space strategy as a governance and permitting choice, suggesting SEZs as a policy tool to compete with China and overcome domestic build‑gridlock.