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SpaceX Launches Private Astronauts to ISS After Leak Delays

SpaceX Launches Private Astronauts to ISS After Leak Delays

Above: (L-R) Shubhanshu Shukla, Tibor Kapu, Peggy Whitson, and Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski ahead of the Axiom-4 mission in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 24, 2025. Image copyright: Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images

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The extended delays highlight serious safety concerns about the aging International Space Station, particularly the ongoing air leak issues in Russian modules that NASA and Roscosmos cannot agree on. These technical problems underscore the risks of relying on deteriorating infrastructure and the urgent need for new commercial space stations.

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The commercialization of space risks transforming the vast potential of the cosmos into yet another arena for profit-driven exploitation, prioritizing private gain over scientific discovery and global benefit. This shift invites monopolization of orbits, planetary resources, and even data, concentrating power in the hands of a few corporations. Without strict international oversight, space may become a frontier of inequality rather than a shared domain of human advancement.

The extended delays highlight serious safety concerns about the aging International Space Station, particularly the ongoing air leak issues in Russian modules that NASA and Roscosmos cannot agree on. These technical problems underscore the risks of relying on deteriorating infrastructure and the urgent need for new commercial space stations.

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 50% chance that a free flying commercial space station will become operational by July 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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