LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum on boosting U.S. space transportation capabilities, with a goal of enabling more than 1,000 launches and reentries on American soil annually by 2030.

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The White House said in a fact sheet that the memorandum is intended to establish reliable, affordable and modernized access to space transportation services.

The memorandum directs federal agencies to encourage the co-development of space transportation infrastructure with private-sector partners, facilitate commercial access to federal launch and reentry sites, and expedite facility permitting and environmental reviews.

It also calls for fair and transparent cost recovery policies for common services, commodities and infrastructure.

The memorandum directs the U.S. Transportation and Interior departments, in coordination with the Department of Defense and NASA, to identify locations for additional space transportation infrastructure, including new launch and reentry sites.

The document also calls for priority airspace for critical space launch corridors and the integration of space transportation activities into efforts to modernize air traffic control.

The memorandum directs the NASA administrator to facilitate commercial transportation to and from the moon, as well as commercial robotic access to Mars, and explore commercial options for sending humans to Mars and returning them to Earth.