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• Jeff Foust
NASA drops government “core module” plan for future commercial space stations, keeps CLD approach and leans on privately operate
NASA has withdrawn a March proposal to develop a government-owned central “core module” to anchor commercial space stations and replace the ISS later this decade. In a June 1 statement, NASA said it will keep its Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD) strategy—supporting privately owned, commercially operated LEO platforms instead.
