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A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands

A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands

(BALTIMORE) Private companies are no longer peripheral participants in U.S. space activities. They provide key services, including launching and deploying satellites, transporting cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station, and even sending landers to the Moon. Commercial integration is now embedded in U.S. space policy and shapes
Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Johns Hopkins University 03 Mar 2026
SpaceX Dragon cargo craft leaves International Space Station

SpaceX Dragon cargo craft leaves International Space Station

By Dean Murray How's this for a delivery vehicle? Incredible pictures show the historic SpaceX Dragon cargo craft as it drifted away from the International Space Station on Thursday, Feb. 26. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir documented the spacecraft as it undocked and headed back to Earth. The departing
Talker News 27 Feb 2026

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