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The ISS Economy — What It Costs to Keep Humans in Space and What Comes Next
The International Space Station has cost over $150 billion to build and operate. NASA is now paying private companies to build its replacement. Here's the economics of orbital infrastructure — and who will own the next space station.
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After the ISS — Axiom Space, Private Stations, and the Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit
The International Space Station retires around 2030. What replaces it won't be a government station — it'll be a market. Here's how Axiom Space, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman plan to build commercial space stations, and whether the economics actually work.
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The New Space Economy — From Soyuz Seats to SpaceX and Beyond
After the Space Shuttle retired in 2011, the U.S. paid Russia $80 million per astronaut seat to reach the ISS. That embarrassing gap drove the Commercial Crew Program — and unleashed SpaceX. Here's how the commercial space economy was born and where it's headed.
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