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NASA Unveils $1.6 Billion Commercial Crew Plan

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

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NASA unveiled this week its plans to pay companies $1.6 billion to develop commercial services to carry astronauts to low-Earth orbit. The space agency released a draft request for proposals (RFP) for companies to provide “a complete end-to-end design, including spacecraft, launch vehicles, launch services, ground and mission operations and recovery,” according to a statement. The draft solicitation is for an Integrated Design Contract (IDC), for multiple companies with a value of up to $1.61 billion, running from July 2012…

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Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

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Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

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CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]