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WSJ Reports Boeing To Beat SpaceX For Manned Taxi To ISS

PvtVoid writes The Wall Street Journal reports (paywalled) that NASA is poised to award a key contract for manned transport to the International Space Station to Boeing over rival SpaceX: "Recent signals from the Obama administration, according to the officials, indicate that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's leadership has concluded on a preliminary basis that Boeing's proposed capsule offers the least risky option, as well as the one most likely to be ready to transport U.S. crews to the international space station within three years. The officials cautioned that a last-minute shift by NASA chief Charles Bolden, who must vet the decision, could change the result of the closely watched competition." Here is a non-paywalled link to an article at CNET.

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  1. damn it by Quantum+Apostrophe · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    As much as I think space is a dead end and the ISS is a gigantic welfare program, I hate corporation bullshit even more.