The U.S. is in the throes of sorting out what to do when the ISS comes back to Earth.
Students attend the fourth live class of the "Tiangong Class" series at Beihang University on September 21, 2023 in Beijing, China.CNBC's Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. CNBC's Michael Sheetz reports and curates the latest news, investor updates and exclusive interviews on the most important companies reaching new heights.
This week I caught up with an industry expert, who asked not to be named to speak freely, who put forward three answers to that question:Ecosystem - We've already created a means of reliably transporting crew and cargo, and many other space agencies are willing to pay for access. The peaceful exploration and commercialization of space should always be the industry's goal, but you can't ignore the unfortunate but existing reality that space has always been a warfighting domain, as much as land or sea.
There's a variety of different stations vying to be the ISS' successor, whether Axiom, Starlab, Vast or Orbital Reef. But as the future of NASA's CLD program evolves, and companies look for more backing, I won't be surprised to hear the don't-cede-LEO-to-China argument grow louder from those in D.C.
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