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NASA Awards Space Cargo Grant

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fedex-unavailable-for-comment dept.

pha7boy writes "NASA has made a recent award of 171 million dollars to Orbital Sciences Corp. of Virginia in order to aid the company in developing a feasible space cargo delivery service. 'The US space agency intends to hold an open competition in the years ahead for actual space station cargo-delivery contracts, but Orbital of Dulles, VA, is one of two companies receiving financial help from NASA to develop their proposed systems. The other is Space Exploration Technologies of El Segundo, CA.'"

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  1. Re:1960s called they want their space program back by moderatorrater · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Oh, and do I have to mention the CONSIDERABLE advantage that comes from not relying on the russians? There's a (corrected) statement that I can agree with. Cooperating in our respective space programs is one of the most visible signs that the cold war is behind us (at least for now). While it may be a pain to work with them sometimes, I for one am very glad that our countries have reached the point where we do.
  2. Re:1960s called they want their space program back by aix+tom · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ah, but the 60s were about faster!, higher!, stronger!

    Today it's about cheaper!, cheaper!, cheaper! (no matter what the cost)