Several other companies, including Texas-based startups Nanoracks and Axiom, have made similar proposals.īlue Origin hopes Orbital Reef could be operational in the late 2020s, though it will have to get quite a bit done to make that happen. NASA has put out calls for proposals for commercial space stations as the 20-year-old International Space Station - which has hosted crews of professional astronauts from the United States, Russia and more than a hundred other countries - is nearing the end of its lifespan.
They did add that they are expecting to sign on NASA as an anchor tenant, though it’s not exactly clear how such a partnership could take shape.
Such projects are still exorbitantly expensive and risky, likely costing in the tens of billions of dollars and requiring multiple safe launches before a human ever even floats aboard.īlue Origin and Sierra Space plan to co-finance the space station, though executives declined to give an all-in cost estimate during a press conference Monday. The company plans to work alongside startup Sierra Space to bring the space station to fruition, and Boeing plans to design a research module on the station, though there are no guarantees the companies can make it happen. Blue Origin, the rocket and space tourism company founded by Jeff Bezos, is proposing a massive new commercial space station called “Orbital Reef” that could be used to host science experiments, vacation getaways, and potentially even in-space manufacturing.
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