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Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to re-establish the National Space Council in a bid to coordinate commercial, technological and national security opportunities for the country, NASA said in a statement issued on Saturday. Trump signed the executive order on Friday.The council existed previously from 1989-1993, and a version of it also existed as the National Aeronautics and Space Council from 1958-1973. "I am pleased that President Trump has signed an executive order re-establishing the National Space Council," said Robert Lightfoot, acting NASA Administrator. The directive to re-launch the council was part of the promise by Trump's presidential…