Hello and welcome back to Max Q. The era of commercial space stations is here. Read on for news from Nanoracks, Voyager and Lockheed Martin on their plans to launch a space station in 2027, plus news on SpaceX’s Starship.
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The next chapter of the new space economy: Destinations
I spoke with Voyager Space Holdings CEO Dylan Taylor, Nanoracks CEO Jeffrey Manber and Lisa Callahan, Lockheed Martin’s VP of commercial civil space, to discuss the companies’ plans to launch a commercial space station in 2027.
“NASA as a customer has unleashed this extraordinary revolution in space transportation,” Manber said. …