Ars Technica details the tensions in NASA's plan to replace the ISS with private stations as per their March 2026 article (https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/what-happens-next-with-nasas-plan-to-replace-the-iss-source-it-could-get-ugly/).

NASA's official ISS transition plan calls for deorbiting the station in 2030 and relying on commercial platforms, cited from nasa.gov/iss/transition.

A Government Accountability Office report on NASA commercial partnerships from 2024 highlighted risks in the public-private model for orbital platforms (gao.gov/products/gao-24-106866).