Boeing Company and newcomer SpaceX will share $6.8 billion in NASA - TopicsExpress



          

Boeing Company and newcomer SpaceX will share $6.8 billion in NASA contracts to build commercial space taxis to fly astronauts to and from the space station starting in 2017, ending reliance on Russia for access to low-Earth orbit and kick starting a new era of commercial space transportation, agency officials said . YEY!! Boeing will receive a $4.2 billion Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCAP) contract to continue development of the companys CST-100 capsule while #SpaceX will receive $2.6 billion to press ahead with work to perfect the #DragonV2 new crew craft. Yesterdays announcement sets the stage for what promises to be the most ambitious and exciting chapter in the history of NASA and human spaceflight, said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. From day one, the Obama administration has made it very clear that the greatest nation on Earth should not be dependent on any other nation to get into space. ... Today were one step closer to launching our astronauts from U.S. soil on American spacecraft and ending the nations sole reliance on Russia by 2017. AMEN :-) MADE IN USA
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 10:58:26 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015