WASHINGTON — Voyager Technologies remains upbeat about the prospects for its Starlab commercial space station but is hoping for some tweaks to NASA’s plans to support the station’s development.
During an Aug. 4 earnings call about the company’s second-quarter financial results, Voyager executives emphasized the strong commercial demand for Starlab, with more than $500 million in agreements in place to use the station.
“This demonstrates that Starlab has progressed well beyond a development concept and is already attracting meaningful government and commercial commitment,” said Phil de Sousa, Voyager’s chief financial officer.
The initial design of the station is supported by a funded NASA Space Act Agreement valued at $218 million. In the call, de Sousa said the company completed milestones in the second quarter worth $4 million, bringing the total received to about $211 million as the company nears the end of the agreement.
Voyager, the majority shareholder in the Starlab Space joint venture responsible for the station, is among the companies awaiting the next phase in NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations, or CLD, program. The agency issued a draft request for proposals, or RFP, on July 6, with feedback from companies due July 27.
