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Space Station For Sale: NASA Administrator Is In Talks With International Companies

NASA's Jim Bridenstine says he is interested in private corporations taking over management of the International Space Station consortium.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is in talks with international companies who might want to take over management of the International Space Station.

NASA's Soyuz MS-09 is scheduled to blast off Wednesday morning with its three-member crew to begin what is billed as Expeditions 56-57 at the International Space Station.

But new NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, this week

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