A hurdle has been cleared for Blue Origin and other partners to build a private space station.
Orbital Reef is a project involving Blue Origin, Sierra Space, Boeing and a number of other companies and institutions.
Orbital Reef's architecture is sound and clear for the project to proceed further.
NASA has awarded $415 million for space stations.
The senior vice president of advanced development programs at Blue Origin stated that the SDR moves Orbital Reef forward. The needs of both the commercial marketplace and NASA are being met. It will change the game for human spaceflight.
NASA awarded the Orbital Reef team $130 million in December of 2021.
The two other private space station projects received funding as well. Starlab, which is led by the company, got $170 million, and a team led by the company, got $125 million. The three commercial space stations want to be up and running by the year 2027.
There is a chance that a fourth outpost could be used to host space tourists, off- Earth manufacturing companies and other customers. The Houston-based company will launch a number of modules to the International Space Station under a separate deal with NASA. The modules will eventually detach and become a free-flying commercial outpost.
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