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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 Open in Theconversation.com
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  • Access to space, particularly for crewed missions, remains heavily concentrated in one company, SpaceX, which creates leverage risks for the United States.
  • Plan B for space stresses that credible diversification ensures multiple viable options exist to bolster national resilience and reduce single-provider risk.
  • February 2026 legislation aims to push NASA to work with at least two commercial providers for key capabilities like lunar landers to build redundancy.

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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

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

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

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