NASA's Commercial Crew Awards Face Funding Shortfalls

摘要

NASA intends to pick at least two commercial crew hopefuls next summer to share in the $1.6 billion the agency intends to spend through mid-2014 to help the chosen firms get their space taxi designs ready for initial production.NASA's Commercial Crew Program released a draft request for proposals Sept. 19, the same day NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said the agency expects to pump an additional $45 million into the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) initiative by funding optional milestones included in a pair of awards made this past spring.