1.   Finally, it is essential to develop more cost-effective rockets in an increasingly competitive international Market for commercial and scientific launch services.

2.   Allen Ashby was named president of Sea Launch, an international partnership that will provide commercial satellite launch service from a seagoing platform.

3.   Competition may emerge from a privatized U.S. space shuttle and from low-cost launch services from China and Russia, both of which use expendable rockets.

4.   For instance, there is no way for the government to order space launch services from the private sector, Wurst said.

5.   Great Wall Industrial provides launch services for commercial and military satellites carried on board Chinese-made Long March rockets.

6.   Some critics point out that more countries are planning to offer launch services.

7.   Sprint PCS plans to launch wireless service in metro Atlanta Monday, joining a fray in which a half-dozen rivals are already jostling for business.

8.   That move would put commercial companies in direct competition with foreign-based firms that already provide commercial launch services.

9.   The bill would also privatize space vehicle construction and let the open market compete for launch services, moves that Lovell supported.