AEROSPACE NEWS: NASA to spend $1.6 billion on private Space Taxis
September
20
NASA has introduced a plan to pay private aerospace companies $1.6 billion to ferry U.S. astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS). A variety of new commercial aerospace companies are expected to compete for the job of providing “turnkey” launch, flight, return, maintenance, and ground-support operations.
The commercialization of space will be an exciting era. The retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet may provide a short-term space-transportation gap, but — in the long run — the opportunities and new doors that will open will be amazing.
ISS graphic courtesy of NASA
