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NASA awards space taxi contract to Boeing and SpaceX
NASA has awarded the highly-anticipated space taxi contract to Boeing and SpaceX, a move which will end the agency’s reliance on Russian technology to transport U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station. The Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract aims to restore an American capability to launch astronauts from U.S. soil to the International Space Station by the end of 2017. Since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011, American astronauts have been transported to space… (www.foxnews.com) Plus d'info...
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NASA to announce private space shuttle deal
NASA will make a "major announcement" later Tuesday about its plans to partner with the private sector to transport astronauts to the international space station.
The space agency said it will hold a news conference at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4 p.m. ET to discuss "the return of human spaceflight launches to the United States," according to a brief statement on its website.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/16/news/companies/nasa-boeing-space-x/?hpt=hp_t2
NASA to announce private space shuttle deal
NASA will make a "major announcement" later Tuesday about its plans to partner with the private sector to transport astronauts to the international space station.
The space agency said it will hold a news conference at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4 p.m. ET to discuss "the return of human spaceflight launches to the United States," according to a brief statement on its website.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/16/news/companies/nasa-boeing-space-x/?hpt=hp_t2
My "duplicate squawk" is several hours older than the squawk it got dumped under. A bit more care when cleaning up the squawks would be appreciated.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/09/jeff-bezos-space-startup-partnered-with-boeing-for-crew-delivery-bid/