Key Senate staffer is “begging” NASA to get on with commercial space stations

In remarks this week to a Texas space organization, a key Senate staff member said an "extension" of the International Space Station is on the table and that NASA needs to accelerate a program to replace the aging station with commercial alternatives.

Maddy Davis, a space policy staff member for US Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, made the comments to the Texas Space Coalition during a virtual event.

Cruz is chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and has an outsized say in space policy.