Philosophy
by
Irene Klotz
May 1st, 2013
Discovery Communications
Unsure when U.S. companies will be ready to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA has signed up for six more rides with the Russian space agency, at a cost of $70 million apiece.
The contract covers rides on Russian Soyuz spaceships through June 2017 and includes a price hike of $5 million a seat since NASA’s last purchase. In addition to round-trip rides on Soyuz spaceships, the contract includes training and other support services, NASA said.
Russia was left the sole provider of crew transport to the station following the retirement of the U.S. space shuttles in 2011.
NASA is supporting efforts by three companies — Space Exploration Technologies, Boeing and Sierra Nevada Corp — to develop seven-person space taxis that also would be available for commercial service.
The agency is requesting $822 million in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 to keep its so-called Commercial Crew program on track to provide an alternative to Russian flight services before the end of 2017.
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Philosophy
The 70 million does include a bag of nuts
"Russia Hikes Price for Space Rides to $70 Million"
by
Irene Klotz
May 1st, 2013
Discovery Communications
Unsure when U.S. companies will be ready to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA has signed up for six more rides with the Russian space agency, at a cost of $70 million apiece.
The contract covers rides on Russian Soyuz spaceships through June 2017 and includes a price hike of $5 million a seat since NASA’s last purchase. In addition to round-trip rides on Soyuz spaceships, the contract includes training and other support services, NASA said.
Russia was left the sole provider of crew transport to the station following the retirement of the U.S. space shuttles in 2011.
NASA is supporting efforts by three companies — Space Exploration Technologies, Boeing and Sierra Nevada Corp — to develop seven-person space taxis that also would be available for commercial service.
The agency is requesting $822 million in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 to keep its so-called Commercial Crew program on track to provide an alternative to Russian flight services before the end of 2017.
- Mark Your Calendar...2020...iss Scuttled
"ISS to be sunk after 2020: Russian space agency" July 27th, 2011 Space & Earth / Space Exploration Russia and its partners plan to plunge the International Space Station (ISS) into the ocean at the end of its life cycle after 2020 so as not to...
- Case In Point--privatization Of Nasa
Crew Space Transportation-100 [CST-100] "Boeing unveils its commercial capsule spacecraft" July 22nd, 2010 PhysOrg.com Boeing won an award worth $18 million from NASA under the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) Space Act Agreement, which was intended...
- To The Moon And Beyond
"Men will return to the moon, but they will likely speak Chinese." This is a well-crafted article promoting political and cultural hype. It fosters the assumption that bias and non-cooperation would be the rule. Besides, where is it written that only...
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Have a few extra bucks? Get involved in NASA huge sale...and I mean huge. "NASA Garage Sale Includes Shuttles, Engines, Space Suits" by Jason Paur January 21st, 2010 Wired Looking for a good deal during the recession? Space geeks don’t have to...
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