NASA Continues to Promote Commercial Space
According to reports on the Internet, Twitter, and a press release from the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver today committed the agency to spending $75 million over 5 years for the Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research (CRuSR) program.
The money reportedly would be allocated to science and education payloads to fly on suborbital launch vehicles being developed by several companies. NASA does not seem to have sent out a press release confirming the commitment yet, although NASA’s Ames Research Center issued one earlier today saying that Ms. Garver would be making a keynote address at the Next Generation Suborbital Research conference taking place in Boulder, CO. Her speech is not yet posted on NASA’s website.
In another announcement related to promoting commercial space, NASA said it would honor the winners of the 2009 Centennial Challenges competitions next week. A technical seminar in Washington, DC on February 25 will be followed by a ceremony on February 26 recognizing the winners of the prizes for the Regolith Excavation, Lunar Lander, Power Beaming, and Astronaut Glove competitions.
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