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Analyst7 t1_jcaigd6 wrote

Reply to comment by nick313 in NASA picks Axiom Space for its third astronaut mission to the ISS by nick313

So they are just providing crew not flight hardware?

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DBDude t1_jcb1uk4 wrote

They go up on Crew Dragon. Eventually they plan to have their own ISS modules, which will then spin off to become their own space station.

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Disastrous_Elk_6375 t1_jcbeatm wrote

> which will then spin off

Hopefully not while still attached to the ISS. coughsky coughsky

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DBDude t1_jcbgguf wrote

It's not Russian, it won't accidentally spin the ISS.

It is a pretty brilliant idea to bootstrap a new space station off ISS instead of starting from scratch.

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CrimsonEnigma t1_jcajkbj wrote

IIRC, Ax1 also used Axiom’s mission control.

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LogicB0mbs t1_jcbr6wy wrote

It did not (it wasn't ready yet). They are planning to use it for Ax-2 though.

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