New Mexico, NASA Plan Co-investment
Last week, an advisory committee for the New Mexico State Investment
Council recommended investing in t/Space, a private company bidding on
a contract to build a new, commercially run space transport system
that will assume some of the Space Shuttle's duties. (Illustrated in
NASA's diagram above.) If t/Space wins the contract, the Virgina-based
firm intends to build its crew exploration vehicle at New Mexico's
spaceport.
Currently, NASA is conducting a competitive bid process, and nearly
100 private companies have expressed interest. The New Mexico SIC's
investment is contingent on t/Space winning the contract.
Nevertheless, many companies in the running are interested in building
No comments:
Post a Comment