Reports are that Boeing and SpaceX will get the contracts for taxis to ISS. The reports I'm seeing conflict as to whether Boeing or SpaceX will hold a primary contract, with the other being a backup and equipment transport. We'll know for sure in an hour or so. With Boeing and Sierra Nevada's recent partnerships on rockets, I suspect they'll be the winners here with the little guys at SpaceX taking second place. The next space race might just be fighting over real estate on the station itself. I hope Patrick is correct about us having a good relationship with the Russians, but when we stop giving them half a billion dollars a year (and that's just for the astronaut seats), and considering the Russian economy and current sanctions, it will be interesting to see how things change in the next few years. Jared On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Dunn, David <David.Dunn@supervalu.com> wrote:
Maybe we can tow the shuttles back through the streets and blast them off again :)
I still can't understand why we get rid of something before we have a replacement.
Thanks, David Dunn Software Engineer Sr.
-----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 1:09 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] NASA to Make Major Announcement Today About Astronaut Transport to ISS
Russian sanctions = No ride to ISS for you!
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
Not sure what's happening here. Could be interesting. Maybe they are going to go with Space X and the Falcon V2 sooner than planned?
patrick
September 16, 2014 NASA to Make Major Announcement Today About Astronaut Transport to the International Space Station
NASA will make a major announcement today at 4 p.m. EDT regarding the return of human spaceflight launches to the United States.
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