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NASA awards space contracts to SpaceX and Boeing. Manned Deep Space Missions
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:15 pm
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"NASA Administrator Charles Bolden reveals today’s big news: Boeing and SpaceX will fly NASA astronauts to the International Space Station in the next couple of years aboard their CST-100 and Dragon version 2, respectively."
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4.2 Billion for Boeing 2.6 Billion for SpaceX
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"The Nation is going to Mars"
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to build observatories at lagrange points in the 2020s
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"manned deep space missions by the 2020's"
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Breaking: Both Boeing and SpaceX get private space contracts from NASA, now official here is a LINK
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NASA will make a major announcement today at 4 p.m. EDT regarding the return of human spaceflight launches to the United States. The agency will make the announcement during a news conference from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website.
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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.
NASA ended its Space Shuttle program in 2011 amid funding concerns and a shift in priorities to exploring deep space.
Under its Commercial Crew Program, NASA is expected to award a contract to one or more private aerospace companies to shuttle astronauts back and forth to the space station.
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The leading contender is Boeing (BA), according to the Wall Street Journal. Other bidders include SpaceX, which is backed by Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, and Sierra Nevada Corp.
This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 3:34 pm
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Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:16 pm to musick
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What would NASA consider a "major announcement"?
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the return of human spaceflight launches to the United States.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:16 pm to musick
Going to war with Aliens is the only answer
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:17 pm to musick
They're going to admit to faking the moon landing.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:17 pm to musick
Is Bruce Willis gonna have to drill a bitch?
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:20 pm to Placebeaux
As in the Fifth Element chick? I would drill that, too...
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:20 pm to musick
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:20 pm to Larry
Right, but the news itself is pretty major.
Why trump it up about making a major announcement when you basically already said it in a press release?
NM, I'm reaching, sorry.
Why trump it up about making a major announcement when you basically already said it in a press release?
NM, I'm reaching, sorry.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:20 pm to Placebeaux
Curious to see....have a friend of my wife that works for a company that does work on the Spacestation for NASA. They are working out of NASA in Houston. She told my wife recently that due to cuts by the Obama administration, they now only get trash picked up in the offices once a week, and that the bathrooms are only cleaned twice.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:20 pm to musick
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:21 pm to musick
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What would NASA consider a "major announcement"?
they're going to quit spending BILLIONS studying global warming and actually build spaceships again?
This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:21 pm to musick
"Major nasa announcements" for over a decade have been rather disappointing
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:23 pm to musick
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The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television
I'll set my DVR
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:33 pm to CAD703X
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they're going to quit spending BILLIONS studying global warming and actually build spaceships again?
When did they stop building space ships?
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:35 pm to RoyMcavoy
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When did they stop building spaceships?
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NASA's Space Shuttle Program, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011
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The final Space Shuttle launch was that of Atlantis on July 8, 2011.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:36 pm to musick
Spaceships include unmanned flight.
I suppose he meant otherwise considering the thread subject.
I suppose he meant otherwise considering the thread subject.
This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:42 pm to RoyMcavoy
maybe
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:43 pm to Placebeaux
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Is Bruce Willis gonna have to drill a bitch?
Posted on 9/16/14 at 2:44 pm to musick
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Boeing and SpaceX get private space contracts from NASA,
For the astronauts sake, I hope they just didn't pick the lowest bidder like most other government contracts.
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