SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
NASA scraps plans for a government-owned “core module,” keeps focus on privately operated commercial LEO stations
NASA has reversed its March approach that contemplated developing a government-owned “core module” to support commercial space stations replacing the ISS later this decade. In a June 1 statement, NASA reaffirmed that it will instead keep backing privately owned and operated low-Earth-orbit platforms, including leaving its CLD program unchanged.
