This week, NASA has finalized its strategy for maintaining it. Human existence in the universe. The document underscored the importance of maintaining the capacity to stay extended into orbit after the International Space Station was abolished.
“NASA’s low-earth orbital microgravity strategy will guide agencies towards the next generation of human presence in orbit, enabling greater economic growth and maintaining international partnerships,” the document states.
The commitment comes in the question of whether the new space station is ready. There is fear, too, from the Trump administration’s efforts to cut spending through government efficiency NASA could face a cut.
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“We actually made some choices over the last year to cut down on our programs or cancel all of them to make sure we’re focusing on our top priorities so that everyone has to make tough decisions when the budget is tight,” said NASA assistant administrator Pam Melroy.
Commercial space company Voyager is International Space Station When I Orbited in 2030. The company praised NASA’s strategy to keep humans in space.
The render shows the Voyager spacecraft. Voyager is working on one of the space stations to replace the International Space Station, which is scheduled to retire in 2030. (Voyager Space)
“We’re telling investors, ‘Is the US commitment?’ and we need that commitment,” said Jeffrey Mamber Voyager’s president of International Space Station.
President Reagan first began his efforts to keep humans in permanent resident space. He warned again The need for a private partnership.
“America has always been the best when we dared to do great things. We can reach out for greatness,” Reagan said in a 1984 Union address. “The space transport market could outweigh its ability to develop it.”
Jeffrey Manber, president of Voyager Space’s International and Space Station, praised NASA for its commitment to studying how to maintain human presence in space. (AP News)
The first piece of ISS was released in 1998. Since then, it has hosted over 28 people from 23 countries. For 24 years, humans have been occupying IS on a continuous basis.
The Trump administration announced its National Space Policy in 2020, calling for the “continuous human presence in Earth orbit” to be maintained, and also emphasized the need to move to a commercial platform. The Biden administration maintained that policy.
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“Let’s say there was no commercial bureau that wasn’t ready to go. Technically, we could maintain the space station, but we were going to fly until 2030 and repeat the decorations in 2031.” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson I said it in June.
Over the past few months, there have been doubts about whether the policy will be maintained.
The rendering shows a Voyager Space spacecraft floating in orbit on Earth. (Voyager Space)
“I just want to talk about the elephants in the room, for a moment about the continuous human existence. What does that mean? Is it a continuous heartbeat or continuous ability? We originally wanted this to just emerge from this process, but we still wanted to have a conversation about it and understand it.”
NASA’s final strategy took into account concerns from commercial and international partners about the implications of losing the ISS without preparing a commercial station.
“Nearly every one of our industry partners agreed. The ongoing presence is the ongoing heartbeat, and that’s where we stand,” Melloi said. “This continuous presence, I think it’s leadership. Today, the US is leading human spaceflight. If we don’t lift ISS Orbit in time, it becomes China’s space station, the only other space station in orbit wants to remain the selected partner for our industry and NASA goals.”
Three companies, including Voyager, are working with NASA to develop a commercial space station. Axiom has signed a contract with NASA 2020. The agency is now part of Voyager Space and awarded a contract to Nanorak, a Blue Origin, in 2021.
The rendering shows a spacecraft in Voyager Space in the distance passing in front of the moon. (Voyager Space)
“We had some challenges to be completely honest with you. The budget cap, which was a cut-off between the White House and Congress in the fiscal year (2024 and 2025), left us without investing much. On orbit, Melloi said.
Voyager says there are no delays in the development process and plans to launch a spacecraft space station in 2028.
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“We don’t want more money. We’re moving on. We’re ready to trade the International Space Station,” Mumber said. “Everyone knows SpaceXhowever, there are hundreds of companies that have created the space economy. And when we lose our permanent presence, you lose that supply chain. ”
Additional funding has been provided to the three companies since the initial space station agreement. Funding for the second round is essential for some projects. NASA can also award funds For proposals for a new space station. One of the prospects is Long Beach, a vast California space. The company recently announced the concept of a Haven module. We plan to release the Haven-1 soon next year.
“We absolutely believe competition is important. This is a development project. It’s difficult. Building a space station was difficult. We are asking our commercial partners to do this on their own, with the help of us.
