NASA may have shutter its Space Shuttle program , but we knew that was n’t the remainder of manned American trip to space . Today , NASAshelled out 1.1 billion dollarsto three individual firms who have been solve on ballistic capsule of their own : Boeing , Sierra , and SpaceX.
Boeing has been working on its CST-100 blank capsule for for a while now , even putting out an open call for potential pilot program . But NASA pilots will also take the helm , as NASA has return the aerospace company$460 million to further develop the craftfor use as early as 2016 .
SpaceX will be modifying its Dragon Capsule — you eff , the one thatdocked with the Interntational Space Station — to seat seven crew member , and will use the Falcon 9 rocket to send it up into celestial orbit . Space X enounce that their guile is the safest ever . And judging from the $ 440 million in financing , NASA seems to agree .
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Sierra Nevada is not as heavy or well known as the other two society , but its positively futurist - lookingDream Chasercraft will be outfitted for seven NASA astronauts to savage off in . It seems the least complete of any of the undertaking , but Sierra Nevada still expects to complete the project by 2016 and NASA will stillthrow $ 213 million at the companyto get it ready .
It ’ll still be a few days before we get to see NASA return to the skies in these crafts , but this is an exciting first step in the partnership between NASA and the secret sphere . [ NASAviaThe Verge ]
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