NASA to hand off spacecraft communications to industry

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NASA is preparing to hand off to the private sector much of the work of communicating with spacecraft in Earth and lunar orbit. "This is an opportunity to promote U.S. industry, potentially improve the cost of service, and allow NASA to place its energy and focus on advanced capabilities which are not yet available in the commercial market," Badri Younes, NASA's deputy associate administrator for space communications and navigation, said by email.