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Post by Ravenchamp on Sept 18, 2014 17:00:08 GMT -5
NASA Chooses American Companies to Transport US Astronauts to ISS U.S. astronauts once again will travel to and from the International Space Station from the United States on American spacecraft under groundbreaking contracts NASA announced Tuesday. The agency unveiled its selection of Boeing and SpaceX to transport U.S. crews to and from the space station using their CST-100 and Crew Dragon spacecraft, respectively, with a goal of ending the nation's sole reliance on Russia in 2017. "From day one, the Obama Administration made clear that the greatest nation on Earth should not be dependent on other nations to get into space," NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "Thanks to the leadership of President Obama, the hard work of our NASA and industry teams, and support from Congress, today we are one step closer to launching our astronauts from U.S. soil on American spacecraft and ending the nation's sole reliance on Russia by 2017. Turning over low-Earth orbit transportation to private industry will also allow NASA to focus on an even more ambitious mission - sending humans to Mars." These Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contracts are designed to complete the NASA certification for human space transportation systems capable of carrying people into orbit. Once certification is complete, NASA plans to use these systems to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station and return them safely to Earth. The companies selected to provide this transportation capability and the maximum potential value of their FAR-based firm fixed-price contracts are: + The Boeing Company, Houston, $4.2 billion + Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, California, $2.6 billion The contracts include at least one crewed flight test per company with at least one NASA astronaut aboard to verify the fully integrated rocket and spacecraft system can launch, maneuver in orbit, and dock to the space station, as well as validate all its systems perform as expected. www.space-travel.com/reports/NASA_Chooses_American_Companies_to_Transport_US_Astronauts_to_ISS_999.html
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Post by rocketwolf on Sept 18, 2014 17:37:12 GMT -5
there is something Obama is doing right then.
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Post by howarewegoingtopay on Sept 18, 2014 18:04:29 GMT -5
So was there really leadership? Or did he just not get in the way.  |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Sept 18, 2014 19:55:36 GMT -5
After Boeing's recent Dreamliner fiasco, I would not hire them to take me across the street.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 7:21:05 GMT -5
After Boeing's recent Dreamliner fiasco, I would not hire them to take me across the street. Who would you trust? NASA didn't exactly have a perfect track record. |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Sept 19, 2014 11:37:22 GMT -5
After Boeing's recent Dreamliner fiasco, I would not hire them to take me across the street. Who would you trust? NASA didn't exactly have a perfect track record. I don't know, at this point. |
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Post by Ravenchamp on Sept 19, 2014 14:15:49 GMT -5
there is something Obama is doing right then. Another rare occasion where he actually sees the light and what is needed for a technical future for humanity. But you cannot give him full credit, he's doing what we need to do and what the science advisers know we have to do , he has no choice in the matter. |
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Post by vosa on Sept 19, 2014 14:19:35 GMT -5
Who would you trust? NASA didn't exactly have a perfect track record. I don't know, at this point. Boy Scouts have a very good track record of helping old people across the street.  |
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Post by howarewegoingtopay on Sept 19, 2014 15:41:55 GMT -5
there is something Obama is doing right then. Another rare occasion where he actually sees the light and what is needed for a technical future for humanity. But you cannot give him full credit, he's doing what we need to do and what the science advisers know we have to do , he has no choice in the matter. Or he is just asleep on this issue as well and others are making the decision for him. |
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Post by howarewegoingtopay on Sept 19, 2014 15:44:11 GMT -5
I don't know, at this point. Boy Scouts have a very good track record of helping old people across the street. Since when? I imagine nowadays is some youth approached an old person and tried to assist them the police would arrest them for assault. When was the last time a boy scout assisted anyone? I thought they were just concerned about gay troop leaders, and members. |
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Post by Ravenchamp on Sept 19, 2014 15:53:15 GMT -5
Another rare occasion where he actually sees the light and what is needed for a technical future for humanity. But you cannot give him full credit, he's doing what we need to do and what the science advisers know we have to do , he has no choice in the matter. Or he is just asleep on this issue as well and others are making the decision for him. that makes more sense actually |
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Post by dogbert on Sept 19, 2014 20:50:21 GMT -5
After Boeing's recent Dreamliner fiasco, I would not hire them to take me across the street. Who would you trust? NASA didn't exactly have a perfect track record. Doesn't NASA stand for Need Another Seven Astronauts???
Apologies!
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Post by dogbert on Sept 19, 2014 20:54:52 GMT -5
The future is space for profit. America used to be a great nation but obama and the libs killed it only offshore ventures will be the leaders in the future of space. I would even wager that when man goes to Mars it will be without Americans. What a shame.
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Post by Ravenchamp on Sept 20, 2014 4:09:23 GMT -5
Who would you trust? NASA didn't exactly have a perfect track record. Doesn't NASA stand for Need Another Seven Astronauts???
Apologies!
astronaut candidates are being recruited for up coming new human missions, for the asteroid and mars missions |
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Post by rocketwolf on Sept 20, 2014 7:23:11 GMT -5
So was there really leadership? Or did he just not get in the way. Hard to tell
But Ill give him credit
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Post by howarewegoingtopay on Sept 20, 2014 7:33:07 GMT -5
So was there really leadership? Or did he just not get in the way. Hard to tell
But Ill give him credit
I think it is Bush's fault. |
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Post by vosa on Sept 20, 2014 10:52:15 GMT -5
Boy Scouts have a very good track record of helping old people across the street. I imagine nowadays is some youth approached an old person and tried to assist them the police would arrest them for assault. When was the last time a boy scout assisted anyone? I thought they were just concerned about gay troop leaders, and members. Since I don't know. My comment was meant to be a joke and a friendly shot at EY. Thus the . |
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Post by rocketwolf on Sept 20, 2014 17:30:29 GMT -5
Hard to tell
But Ill give him credit
I think it is Bush's fault. Everything until 2525 is Bush's fault |
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Post by dogbert on Sept 22, 2014 12:52:01 GMT -5
Doesn't NASA stand for Need Another Seven Astronauts???
Apologies!
astronaut candidates are being recruited for up coming new human missions, for the asteroid and mars missions Champ you do know that's an old tasteless space shuttle joke??? |
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Post by Ravenchamp on Sept 26, 2014 23:20:47 GMT -5
NASA Expands Commercial Space Program, Requests Proposals for Second Round of Cargo Resupply Contracts for International Space Station WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the heels of awarding groundbreaking contracts to U.S. commercial space companies to ferry American astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA has released a request for proposals (RFP) for the next round of contracts for private-sector companies to deliver experiments and supplies to the orbiting laboratory. Under the Commercial Resupply Services 2 RFP, NASA intends to award contracts with one or more companies for six or more flights per contract. As with current resupply flights, these missions would launch from U.S. spaceports, and the contracted services would include logistical and research cargo delivery and return to and from the space station through fiscal year 2020, with the option to purchase additional launches through 2024. Earlier this year, the Obama Administration decided to extend the life of the International Space Station until at least 2024. www.spacedaily.com/reports/prnewswire-space-news.html?doc=201409261014PR_NEWS_USPR_____DC22840&showRelease=1&dir=0&categories=AEROSPACE-AND-SPACE-EXPLORATION&andorquestion=OR&&passDir=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,15,17,34 |
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