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NASA Rewrites the Rules for Developers of Private Space Stations
In the face of budget cuts, NASA has issued a new directive on how it will procure replacements for the International Space Station.
Specifically, Vast’s Haven-1 module is designed for four astronauts to spend two weeks in orbit, and the company has a more straightforward pathway to building a station that would meet NASA’s minimum requirements. The chief executive officer of Vast, Max Haot, told Ars that the company bet that starting with a minimum viable product was the best business strategy and fully funded that approach without government money. “It seems like NASA is now leaning into an approach for the future of CLDs that is led by what industry believes it can achieve technically and build a credible business model around,” Haot told Ars.
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