Aashi Dissanayake predicts spacecraft design will change to accommodate in-orbit refueling within 3-5 years.
“We will see that change coming in the mid within the next three to five years. Because when we started the Spacey and we had to tell space companies, okay. If you refill, this is what you get. But now I don't have to explain to them anymore. Like, they already know, and people are already trying to build their spacecrafts around refilling”
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