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Sierra Nevada Focuses CRS-2 Offering On Dream Chaser Reusability

Friday, May 22nd, 2015

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--A Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) executive believes the reusability of the company's Dream Chaser cargo system space vehicle gives it an edge in NASA’s Cargo Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) competition, which could be worth as much as $14 billion.Corporate Vice President for SNC Space Systems Mark Sirangelo told sister publication Defense Daily in April at the National Space Symposium (NSS) the economies of scale are better for building one reusable space plane as opposed to 25 space capsules for…

Congress

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