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NASA looking for private replacements for the space shuttleNASA needs a cheap solution, so they turn
to the free market
This should have been done about 20 years ago.
Better late than
never.
The U.S. space agency issued a solicitation for proposals on Tuesday for firms interested in handling delivery services now provided by the three shuttles, which are due to stop flying by 2010. "Certainly this is an opportunity for the new space companies," said Jim Banke, head of Florida operations for The Space Foundation industry trade association. "They've been lobbying NASA hard for something like this for years." NASA hopes to supplement, and eventually replace, crew and cargo flights to the space station that had been planned for the shuttle fleet. The agency also may have to pare down the number of shuttle flights to the station even before they retire to pay for development of a new spacecraft. In addition to flying to the station if no commercial providers are available, the new NASA ships are being designed to carry astronauts to the moon. With the success of the X-Prize and in an age of diminishing budgets, it was only a matter of time before NASA turned to the private sector. 
Posted: Thu - December
8, 2005 at 05:01 AM
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