蓝色起源决定不参与 NASA 商业空间站二期竞标，Orbital Reef 前景未定
据 SpaceNews 11月13日报道，贝索斯创办的蓝色起源（Blue Origin）已决定不参与美国国家航空航天局（NASA）商业空间站二期竞标，把人力与资金转投月球运输与月球基地方向。这一决定由 Aviation Week 率先披露，蓝色起源在11月13日的员工会议上由首席执行官 Dave Limp 向员工确认。
蓝色起源与 Sierra Space 自2021年起合作开发名为 Orbital Reef 的商业空间站，定位为近地轨道上的科研、工业与旅游综合平台，可容纳10人。NASA 在2021年12月通过商业近地轨道目的地（CLD）一期计划向该项目授约1.3亿美元，目标是在国际空间站约2030年退役前，让商业空间站接棒近地轨道的驻留与科研任务。
NASA 已于2026年10月9日发布 CLD 二期征集，业界预期授约结果在2027年4月前后公布。蓝色起源此次不投二期标，意味着 Orbital Reef 失去主导方后能否继续推进成为疑问，Sierra Space 尚未公开说明是否单独推进该站架构。
蓝色起源转投的方向是月球：公司持有 NASA 金额34亿美元的「蓝月亮」（Blue Moon）载人着陆器合同，在研货运版 Mark 1 与载人版 Mark 2 两型着陆器，服务 NASA 阿尔忒弥斯（Artemis）计划与后续月球基地建设。本月7日，NASA 刚公布月球基地成套授约，八家公司入选上限100亿美元的新一轮商业月球有效载荷服务合同，月球方向的投入正在明显加重。
国际空间站退役后的近地轨道接棒安排仍有其他竞逐者，NASA 的商业空间站布局不会因蓝色起源退出而停摆，但少了一家头部承包商，2030年前后能否无缝衔接的不确定性随之上升。
关联：NASA公布月球基地成套授约 八家公司入选上限100亿美元的CLPS 2
（来源：SpaceNews）
Blue Origin Bows Out of NASA Commercial Space Station Competition, Leaving Orbital Reef's Future Uncertain
Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, has decided not to bid in NASA's Phase 2 competition to support the development of commercial space stations, according to SpaceNews on November 13. The move, first reported by Aviation Week, was confirmed to employees on November 13 at a company meeting led by CEO Dave Limp, with resources to be redirected toward lunar transportation and Moon base work.
Since 2021, Blue Origin and Sierra Space have been developing Orbital Reef, a commercial station billed as a mixed-use platform in low Earth orbit for research, industry and tourism, designed to host 10 people. In December 2021, NASA awarded the project $130 million under Phase 1 of its Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations (CLD) program, aiming for commercial stations to take over from the International Space Station before its planned retirement around 2030.
NASA released the CLD Phase 2 solicitation on October 9, 2026, and awards are expected around April 2027. By sitting out Phase 2, Blue Origin leaves Orbital Reef without its lead partner, and Sierra Space has not publicly detailed whether it will pursue the station architecture on its own.
The resources are shifting to the Moon. Blue Origin holds a $3.4 billion NASA contract for its Blue Moon landers, the Mark 1 cargo version and the Mark 2 crewed version, supporting the Artemis program and a future Moon base. On November 7, NASA announced a package of lunar awards, with eight companies selected for a new commercial lunar payload contract worth up to $10 billion.
Other competitors remain in NASA's commercial station effort, so the post-ISS transition plan does not halt with Blue Origin's exit, but losing a headline contractor raises the uncertainty around a seamless handover near 2030.
(Source: SpaceNews)
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图片来源：图：Sierra Space 的 LIFE 充气式居住舱原型 2021 年在 NASA Kennedy 航天中心空间站处理设施内展示，该舱段是 Orbital Reef 商业空间站的核心组成部分。NASA 官方照片、公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Sierra Space's LIFE inflatable habitat prototype inside the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in 2021; LIFE is a core element of the Orbital Reef commercial station. NASA photo, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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