Tuesday, 12 February 2008

new mexico nasa plan co investment



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


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