This organization would be free to negotiate deals and contracts for services, set prices based on real costs, collect rents and enter into binding leases with paying tenants, including national governments. Of course, the founding station partners would be given a long-term renewable lease. The ISS is really a giant building complex in space, a cross between an airport and a high-rise. The private sector has had long experience managing similar projects efficiently and profitably. The Government has had nothing but bad experiences doing the same.
Privatization helps build a stepping stone to space commerce and a new frontier.
Government control will likely lead to stifling red tape and missed opportunities. A stepping stone to nowhere has no purpose. U.S. Portion of ISS to be transferred to a private Space Station Port Authority. We urge you to come to Washington and take part in March Storm. Help lay the foundation for the creation of the first town in space, Alpha Town.