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NASA Picks Four, Rejects 18 Firms To Further Develop Commercial Spacecraft

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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford NASA is moving forward with its controversial plans to help develop a commercial space transportation industry, awarding more than $250 million in contracts to four firms to continue developing space systems to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. NASA announced late Monday it awarded four Space Act Agreements to companies as part of the second round of its Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) effort, or CCDev2. The firms are charged with advancing concepts for commercial crew space…

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