Boeing, Space X and Sierra Nevada have been awarded Nasa's coveted "space taxi" contract.
The contract sets the operators a five-year target to get its spacecraft ready for US astronauts, though the initiative is ultimately aimed at getting a cost-effective commercial spaceflight industry up and running, with trips set to run back and form between low Earth orbit and the International Space Station.
By: Liat Clark, Edited by: Duncan Geere
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-08/03/nasa-space-taxi
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