Agencies the gap in U.S. capability for spaceflight, said the space agency. NASA spacecraft without
The problem is that they have a replacement and until you find will be the Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft, which stocked the space complex, involving 16 countries. In this way, the U.S. agency will remain, for the first time since he began the space race, without their own vehicle to travel into space. And the Russians charged around 50 million euros for each square in one of their ships.
"We are committed to safely transport American astronauts in an American-made ship and end the outsourcing of this work to foreign governments," said NASA's director, Charles Bolden.
Bolden said in a statement that these agreements will allow the space agency to concentrate its resources in the exploration of deep space. The new space policy the U.S. government has set a goal to send the first manned spacecraft to Mars meteorite in 2015 and 2030. The Moon is no longer a priority for NASA.
"We are pleased with this announcement and look forward to a mission of a commercial flight into space, "he said at a press conference, Phil McAlister, Acting Director of Development Department's commercial space flight at NASA headquarters in Washington.
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For his part, Ed Mango, director of commercial crew program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, said "It is a major step to advance the U.S. space program."
"The next vehicle U.S. flag to carry our astronauts into space is going to be a U.S. commercial provider, "Mango said.
Mango said that this partnership of NASA with industry will enable the development of several systems capable of providing future access to low Earth orbit. "We expect to close the gap in the U.S. system," he said.
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