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With the Crew Dragon retiring, NASA needs a new plan for low Earth…

NASA's final request for commercial space stations is reportedly 360 pages long, with proposals due December eighth; the stations still need a builder.

On air: Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance on Meet the Pressure
Published 10:45 AM ET, Sunday, October 18, 2026

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First reported by The Hill: “With the Crew Dragon retiring, NASA needs a new plan for low Earth orbit”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 10:45 AM ET on Meet the Pressure, by Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance.
Topics: Earth.

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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNASA has released its final request for companies to propose their own space stations, with proposals due Tuesday, December eighth.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe request runs a reported three hundred sixty pages, and the contracts are expected to be awarded in spring twenty twenty-seven.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThree hundred sixty pages! That's basically a whole textbook for a building that doesn't even have walls yet.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThree hundred sixty pages, Chip, and I'd wager not one of them has a window.

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