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NASA’s Grim Outlook for New Space Stations

The agency doesn’t have much money to fund a commercial replacement to the ISS.
A close-up of a section of the International Space Station.Photographer: NASA/Getty Images/Getty Images North America
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Howdy Earthlings, it’s Loren Grush in Austin. NASA sure had one heck of a news day on Tuesday, revealing plans to build a base on the moon. Buried in all of the updates, the agency also had some sobering analysis about the future of space stations. But first …

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