Hmm @DittmarML just said @Axiom_Space is the only company to develop a commercial space station without government funding. What about that $140 million NASA gave them? See https://t.co/pFygWiDNOq Oh yes what about the Starlab station that Nanoracks announced this morning? pic.twitter.com/XzJXw3l627 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 21, 2021 Mary Lynne Dittmar Testimony – Hearing: International Collaboration and Competition in Space: Oversight of NASA’s Role and Programs “Axiom is the first […]
Keith’s note: On 27 January 2020 NASA issued a release NASA Selects First Commercial Destination Module for International Space Station. This title and a lot of the wording are misleading since the release actually says “NASA selected Axiom from proposals submitted in response to a solicitation through Appendix I of NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) 2 Broad Agency Announcement, which offered private industry use of the station […]
NASA Selects First Commercial Destination Module for International Space Station “The element will attach to the space station’s Node 2 forward port to demonstrate its ability to provide products and services and begin the transition to a sustainable economy in which NASA is one of many customers. NASA and Axiom next will begin negotiations on the terms and price of a firm-fixed-price contract with a five-year base performance period and […]