NASA required some weeks ago services from provate comanies, such as Space Exploration Technologies, in order to transport goods to the ISS. A demo flight was scheduled for the Falcon 9 and its Dragon capsule, although it has been delayed until the preparation for this rocket is complete.
Kirstin Brost Grantham, the spokesman of the company, claims that:
This is not the first (and not the last) company which signs a contract with NASA. Due to the crisis, public costs must be reduced. Therefore, other companies are being required to cover this empty services (Orbital Science is other compny which is going to launch the Antares Rocket and a Cyngus capsule).
NASA wants both capsules to be bettered in order to make manned flights possible. In this way, USA is trying to overcome Russia's hegemony in manned flights. What is more, in spite of the crisis, US Goverment still dedicates capital to Space investigation on these areas.
Via Reuters
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Kirstin Brost Grantham, the spokesman of the company, claims that:
"there are some areas which will benefit from this additional workload"This flight, if ever success, should be the last one until SpaceX finally deploys goods officially to the ISS. SpaceX was able to complete a full flight (launch, orbit, and landing) of the Dragon flight on December 2010.
This is not the first (and not the last) company which signs a contract with NASA. Due to the crisis, public costs must be reduced. Therefore, other companies are being required to cover this empty services (Orbital Science is other compny which is going to launch the Antares Rocket and a Cyngus capsule).
NASA wants both capsules to be bettered in order to make manned flights possible. In this way, USA is trying to overcome Russia's hegemony in manned flights. What is more, in spite of the crisis, US Goverment still dedicates capital to Space investigation on these areas.
Via Reuters
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