T+73: Commercial Crew Contingency Plans, and the End of ISS

NASA recently began talking about some contingency planning for potential Commercial Crew delays, and the end-of-ISS discussion is heating up.

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• NASA’s Continued Focus on Returning U.S. Human Spaceflight Launches - Commercial Crew Program
• NASA studying commercial crew contingency plans - SpaceNews.com
• How the private space industry could take over lower Earth orbit — and make money off it - The Verge
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