Thursday, 14 February 2008

spacex rocketplane kistler win nasa



SpaceX, Rocketplane Kistler Win NASA Spaceship Contest

Alan Boyle writes on MSNBC:

Two aerospace teams headed by SpaceX and Rocketplane Kistler will

share almost half a billion dollars set aside for demonstrations of

new spaceships capable of transporting cargo and crew between Earth

and the international space station, NASA announced Friday.

The Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, or COTS,

marks a dramatic departure in the way NASA does business and could

give boost to the nascent private-sector space race -- including

space tourism for paying passengers.


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