Congress, NASA agree to thin out commercial spaceflight partners for 'space taxi' prg

Stefan Mileschin · 7th June 2012, 07:43

Congress has twisted NASA's arm on a new deal for the "Commercial Crew Program," designed to get private spaceflight companies to ferry astronauts into space. Senator Representative Frank Wolf wants NASA to scale back its grants to four companies: SpaceX, Boeing, Blue Origin and Sierra Nevada down to two, while a third gets a retainer in case one of those chosen pair fails. The administration will be examining the financial health and business viability of each company before doling out the cash -- with one of those named above effectively being shut out of the market. Although, we imagine SpaceX did itself no harm at all when it became the first commercial enterprise to get a capsule to the ISS.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/06/n...udget-squeeze/

7th June 2012, 07:43	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 152,269	Congress, NASA agree to thin out commercial spaceflight partners for 'space taxi' prg Congress has twisted NASA's arm on a new deal for the "Commercial Crew Program," designed to get private spaceflight companies to ferry astronauts into space. Senator Representative Frank Wolf wants NASA to scale back its grants to four companies: SpaceX, Boeing, Blue Origin and Sierra Nevada down to two, while a third gets a retainer in case one of those chosen pair fails. The administration will be examining the financial health and business viability of each company before doling out the cash -- with one of those named above effectively being shut out of the market. Although, we imagine SpaceX did itself no harm at all when it became the first commercial enterprise to get a capsule to the ISS. http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/06/n...udget-squeeze/

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