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NASA Budget Features New Start Public-Private Partnership For Cis-Lunar Habitation Capability

Wednesday, February 17th, 2016

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NASA’s fiscal year 2017 budget request features a new start: a public-private partnership for a cis-lunar habitat and systems in preparation for human missions into deep space.NASA said in its budget request that its Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) division, working closely with the private sector, will begin development of a system concepts and integrated subsystems for a cis-lunar habitat and systems that will enable extended duration human missions in the proving ground of cis-lunar space. AES will continue the existing…

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