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NASA, Congress Reach Accord On Commercial Crew Program

Posted by Soulskill on from the one-of-you-loses dept.

MarkWhittington writes "NASA and Congress have reached a deal on how to proceed with the commercial crew program that provides government subsidies to pay for the development of private spacecraft. NASA will select two competitors from the current four — SpaceX, Boeing, Blue Origin and Sierra Nevada. A third competitor will be picked for partial funding as a fallback in case both of the main competing companies run into difficulties developing a spacecraft on time and on budget."

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  1. Sierra Nevada? by nitehawk214 · · Score: 4, Funny

    How is an IPA going to get people into orbit?

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    1. Re:Sierra Nevada? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Lots of thrust?

  2. We have already failed by subreality · · Score: 3, Funny

    pay for the development

    It works the same in NASA as it does in software dev: you get what you pay for. If you want results, pay for results. If you pay for development, all you get is lots of development.