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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Space => Topic started by: Elderberry on January 28, 2020, 02:37:08 am

Title: NASA will attach a private room to rent on the International Space Station
Post by: Elderberry on January 28, 2020, 02:37:08 am

cnet by Eric Mack 1/27/2020

A company called Axiom Space is taking the idea of co-working space to a new altitude.

NASA now has official plans to add a combination orbital co-working space and microgravity retreat to the International Space Station.

The space agency said Monday that it's selected Houston company Axiom Space (https://www.axiomspace.com/) to provide the first habitable commercial modules to be attached to the ISS.

In recent years, NASA has been working to enable the commercialization of space (https://www.cnet.com/news/on-nasa-60-birthday-its-reinventing-itself-for-the-spacex-era/) and what it calls the "low-Earth orbit economy."

More:https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-will-attach-a-private-room-to-the-international-space-station/ (https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-will-attach-a-private-room-to-the-international-space-station/)

Title: Re: NASA will attach a private room to rent on the International Space Station
Post by: Smokin Joe on January 28, 2020, 09:18:13 am

"The Honeymoon Suite" :silly:

Title: Re: NASA will attach a private room to rent on the International Space Station
Post by: Elderberry on January 29, 2020, 03:48:32 pm

Axiom Space gets NASA nod to start developing new space station

Houston Chronicle by  Andrea Leinfelder Jan. 28, 2020

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Axiom-Space-gets-NASA-not-to-start-developing-new-15011905.php (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Axiom-Space-gets-NASA-not-to-start-developing-new-15011905.php)

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A Houston company will build an out-of-this-world platform to ensure humans have a continued presence in space and that an increasing number of people and businesses can access microgravity for research, exploration and manufacturing.

NASA on Monday selected Axiom Space to build a privately funded commercial module that will attach to the International Space Station, a project that could cost $2 billion and ultimately create 1,000 jobs. It’s the latest announcement in space station succession planning and efforts by NASA to welcome more private astronauts and commercial companies aboard.

“The vision of our company is to make living and working in space commonplace,” Michael Suffredini, CEO of Axiom Space, told the Chronicle. “And we’ve done that both to aid exploration but, perhaps more importantly to us, to make our lives better here on Earth.”

Axiom plans to turn this module into a commercial space station. It will attach a research and manufacturing facility, crew habitat and large-windowed Earth observatory to the existing station. Then when the International Space Station is retired, the Axiom Station would be detached and operated as a commercial endeavor where customers including NASA could pay to use it.

The company expects to launch its first module in 2024.

More at link.

(https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/10/22/10/18948624/7/gallery_xlarge.jpg)
Pictured is a rendering of the Axiom Space commercial space station.

Title: Re: NASA will attach a private room to rent on the International Space Station
Post by: thackney on January 29, 2020, 05:12:24 pm

Sign on the door says 254 mile high club room.