Wed, Oct 26, 2011
Ambitions Program Relies On Private Industry For Transportation
To ISS
NASA's industry partners continue to meet their established
milestones in developing commercial crew transportation
capabilities that will ferry U.S. astronauts to and from the
International Space Station, reducing the amount of time America
has to depend on Russia for launch services. NASA has outlined an
ambitious program moving forward that relies on U.S. private
industry to assume transportation of cargo and crew to the
International Space Station, while the agency focuses on deep space
exploration.
NASA has posted the third status report on its Commercial Crew
Development 2 (CCDev2) program to the agency's Commercial Space
Transportation website. The report highlights the progress and
accomplishments for the agency's commercial spaceflight development
efforts. The bi-monthly report is targeted toward non-technical
stakeholders and the American public, to keep them informed of
NASA's achievements in regaining human spaceflight leadership
through American-made access to space.
"There is a lot happening in NASA's commercial crew and cargo
programs and we want to make sure the public and our stakeholders
are informed about the progress industry is making," said Phil
McAlister, NASA's director of commercial spaceflight development.
"It's exciting to see these spaceflight concepts move forward."
NASA's Commercial Crew Development program is investing
financial and technical resources to stimulate efforts within the
private sector to develop and demonstrate safe, reliable, and
cost-effective space transportation capabilities.
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