Another Space-Obsessed Billionaire Has Entered the Chat
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Another Space-Obsessed Billionaire Has Entered the Chat

The International Space Station’s time in the stars will soon come to an end. NASA has said that the ISS is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2030 and replaced with a new station made by a private company. Now, the race is on to win the contract.

On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Kiel Porter and Loren Grush tell host Sarah Holder why a former crypto tycoon has made a billion-dollar bet that his startup, Vast, will build the next international space station — and what this space race tells us about the future of the commercial space industry.


Read More: One Man’s Crypto Windfall Is Funding a $1 Billion Space Station Dream

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