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As NASA increasingly relies on commercial space, there are some troubling signs

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NASA sought to build fewer expensive things and buy more lower-cost services.

Some contractors are struggling financially, and others have bowed out of commercial programs.

NASA has effectively bet its human spaceflight program on commercial space.

If the commercial space revolution goes bust, NASA will be effectively grounded.