NASA awarded a company a multi-million dollar contract to design a new space station.
Blue Origin was one of three companies chosen by NASA to design new commercial destinations in space. The total amount awarded is more than $400 million.
Blue Origin will receive $130 million, followed by the other two with the other receiving $128.6 million.
NASA is partnering with US companies to develop space destinations where people can visit, live, and work in order to continue forging a path in space for the benefit of humanity.
The replacement for the ISS.
NASA wants to replace the International Space Station with a commercial project.
The agency discovered that the outpost is collapsing. The situation is so bad that NASA is looking at an earlier-than-projected obsolescence for some parts of the space station.
A new commercial station is expected to be operational by the year 2028. A new station might not be feasible until after 2030. There could be a time when NASA doesn't have a human presence in space.
If Blue Origin can avoid getting into legal drama along the way, it will be able to launch its Orbital Reef into space by 2030.
NASA selects companies to develop commercial destinations in space.
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