05/14/2026
🚨 NASA is on the verge of making one of the biggest mistakes in modern space policy.
After decades of progress toward commercial space stations, the agency is considering cuts to the very program designed to replace the ISS and proposing what amounts to an “ISS 2.0” government-owned station.
Our response?
WTH?!
The Space Frontier Foundation has spent 40 years fighting to open low Earth orbit to private enterprise, innovation, and human settlement.
We’re not going backwards now.
We submitted a forceful response to NASA’s Commercial LEO Destinations RFI, outlining exactly what must happen to ensure American companies (not government bureaucracy) build the next generation of space stations.
This is a pivotal moment.
The decisions made this year will determine whether the United States leads the next era of human spaceflight… or creates another unnecessary gap in orbit.
Read more of our response here 👉 https://www.spacefrontier.org/post/fighting-for-commercial-space-stations
The clock is ticking. In 2030, the International Space Station will be deorbited. Instead of backing US companies that have already invested over $2 billion to replace it, NASA is proposing to build another government-owned station. The Space Frontier Foundation responded, forcefully. Read what we t...