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In the same way that Earth sits in the “Goldilocks” zone of our solar system, not too close to the Sun, but not too far away, Congress’s task is to find a balance on the continuum between “permissionless innovation” (where nearly anything goes) and the “precautionary principle” (where the government must micromanage and approve every activity by U.S. citizens in space). This is a hard but necessary task if the United States is to continue as a leader in the cis-lunar economy going forward.