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NASA, Firms See Robust Market For Nascent Commercial Space Industry

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Friday, April 29th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford NASA and the four companies it tapped to further develop a commercial space transportation industry expressed confidence yesterday that a market exists beyond the U.S. government for the crew-transport vehicles the firms are building. Phil McAlister, acting director of commercial spaceflight development at the space agency, told reporters yesterday that the "benefits of this new approach"--for NASA to help U.S. commercial companies develop transportation systems for carrying crew to low-Earth orbit (LEO)--"are clear and compelling." Those benefits…

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