NASA finalizes the human presence strategy in space

This week, NASA has finalized its strategy to support a human presence in space. A document highlighted the importance of maintaining the capacity of prolonged orbit stays after the retirement of the international space station.

“The strategy of microgravity with low terrestrial orbit of NASA will guide the agency towards the next generation of human presence continues in orbit, will allow greater economic growth and will maintain international partnerships,” said the document.

The commitment arises in the middle of the question of whether the new space stations will be ready to leave. With the efforts of the entrant Trump administration to reduce spending through the government’s ministry of efficiency, there are also fears of NASA.

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“Just as everyone must make difficult decisions when the budget is tight, we have made choices in the past year, in fact, to reduce the programs or cancel them all together to make sure that we focus on our highest priorities,” said Pam Melroy, Deputy Administrator of NASA.

The Voyager commercial space company works on one of the space stations that could replace the international space station when it resulted in 2030. The company applauded the NASA strategy to keep humans in space.

A rendering shows a spatial vessel travel. Traveling works on one of the space stations that could replace the international space station, which should be withdrawn in 2030. (Space Voyager)

“We need this commitment because our investors say:” Are the United States engaged? “” Said the president of the international and space stations of Jeffrey Manber Voyager.

President Reagan first launched the effort to keep humans in space in a permanent residence. He also warned of the need for private partnerships.

“America has always been the biggest when we dared to be great. We can reach grandeur,” said Reagan during his discourse on the Union state in 1984. “The space transport market could exceed our ability to develop it.”

Jeffrey Manber, president of international and spatial stations to travel Space, praised NASA’s commitment to seek how to maintain a human presence in space. (Associated Press)

The first piece of the ISS was launched in 1998. Since then, it has welcomed more than 28 people from 23 countries. For 24 years, humans have occupied the ISS continuously.

The Trump administration published a national space policy in 2020 which called to maintain a “continuous human presence in terrestrial orbit” and also underlined the need to move to commercial platforms. The Biden administration has maintained this policy.

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“Let’s say that we did not have ready -to -leave commercial stations. Technically, we could continue the space station, but the idea was to pass it to 2030 and deorb it in 2031,” said NASA administrator Bill Nelson in June.

In recent months, there have been questions if the policy would be maintained.

A rendering shows a space spaceship travel floating in orbit above the earth. (Space Voyager)

“I just want to talk about the elephant in the room for a moment, a human presence continues. What does it mean? Is it a sort of a heart rate or a continuous capacity? Although we were originally hoping that it would emerge in a way from this process, we always have conversations on this subject and by understanding it,” said Melroy during the international astronautical congress in October.

NASA’s finalized strategy has taken into account the concerns of business and international partners on what it would mean losing the ISS without a ready -to -go commercial station.

“Almost all of our industry partners have agreed. Continuous presence is a continuous heart rate. And that’s where we get out of it,” said Melroy. “I think this presence continues is leadership. Today, the United States is leading in human space flight. The only other space station that will be in orbit when the ISS Dénorbe, if we do not bring a commercial destination in time, will be the Chinese space station. And we want to remain and remain the partner of choice for our industry and for our objectives for NASA.”

Three companies, including Voyager, work with NASA to develop commercial space stations. Axiom signed an agreement with NASA In 2020. The agency awarded contracts to Nanoracks, which is now part of traveling Space and Blue Origin in 2021.

A rendering shows a spatial spacecraft traveling remotely, passing in front of the moon. (Space Voyager)

“We had challenges, to be perfectly honest with you. The budgetary ceilings which were an agreement that was concluded between the White House and the Congress for the Fiscal (2024 and 2025) left us without an astronauts in orbit,” said Melroy.

Traveling says that it is not late in the development process and still plans to launch its Starship space station in 2028.

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“We are not asking for more money. We are going ahead. We are ready to replace the international space station,” said Manber. “”Everyone knows SpaceXBut there are hundreds of companies that have created the space economy. And if we lose a permanent presence, you lose this supply chain. “”

Additional funds have been provided for the three companies from the initial contracts of the space station. A second financing cycle could be crucial for certain projects. NASA could also grant funding for new proposals from the space station. A perspective is long beach, the vast space of California. The company recently unveiled concepts for its Haven modules. He plans to launch the Haven-1 next year.

“We absolutely think that competition is essential. It is a development project. It is difficult. It was difficult to build the space station. We ask our business partners to intensify and do it themselves with the help of us. We think it is really important that we produce as many options in the future to see which one really takes place when we get there,” said Melroy.