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NASA: Commercial-Crew Plans On Schedule

Julie Samuel

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

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The four firms under contract with NASA to help develop a commercial space transportation industry have met initial milestones for their crew-transport systems as of this month, the space agency said yesterday. NASA’s Commercial Spaceflight Development Division released its first so-called Return on Investment report on the status of its controversial endeavor to pay companies to help build systems to carry astronauts into low-Earth orbit. Congress has agreed to the commercial-crew support, as part of President Barack Obama’s reworking of…

Congress

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