It wasn't until the next day that Lincoln paid attention to these voices.
Honestly, he was a bit... dismissive.
When he was developing "Gravity", he of course carefully studied the development of aerospace technology in various countries.
In the European Union, although there were also debates, their disputes mostly involved issues such as the technical route of the space station, cabin arrangements, allocation of laboratory resources, etc.
There was no disagreement about the notion of "building a space station".
But what about America?
The most recent publicly available news Lincoln found was that their national space agency applied for funding for a space station at the annual budget review hearing.
Guess what happened?
It was rejected by the House of Representatives!