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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think that last bit of the article is really worth pointing out. They spent a decade and $100 billion building the International Space Station. And so far, they've spent what $1.6 billion on commercial space station stuff? Thats 1.6%. Clearly, that is not enough. But even if they went up by like 5x, that would still only be 8 billion or 8% of ISS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is "commercial space station stuff"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Giving private companies the funding they need to launch their own space station and then becoming a commercial customer of said space station.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As far as I understand, yeah.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So I gathered this much from your original comment. Now we’re at the point of what I’m asking: details?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

https://sh.itjust.works/comment/14053060

Haven-1 is scheduled to launch NET 2025, the Axiom orbital segment is NET 2026, Orbital Reef is targeting 2027, and Starlab is targeting 2028. Even if these schedules slip a couple years, they would still be ready in time for the ISS deorbit in (or after) 2030.