Friday, August 18, 2006

SpaceX, Rocketplane Kistler Win NASA Spaceship Contest

Alan Boyle writes on MSNBC:

Two aerospace teams headed by SpaceX and Rocketplane Kistler will share almost half a billion dollars set aside for demonstrations of new spaceships capable of transporting cargo and crew between Earth and the international space station, NASA announced Friday.

The Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, or COTS, marks a dramatic departure in the way NASA does business and could give boost to the nascent private-sector space race — including space tourism for paying passengers.

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