Scaled Composites - AirLaunch LLC win small part of NASA CEV contract

From: Rusty Barton (reuben_barton_at_no_spam_y_a_h_o_o_.com)
Date: 09/10/04

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    MENLO PARK, CA – Sept. 1, 2004 – NASA has awarded a $3 million
    contract to the Transformational Space Corporation LLC to develop a
    comprehensive plan for renewed lunar exploration and development.

    Transformational Space Corp. (“t/Space”) was chosen by NASA based on a
    proposed lunar architecture powered by market-based competition,
    spurred initially by NASA incentives. In the t/Space scenario,
    companies will design, build and own the lunar infrastructure
    (vehicles, habitats, power stations, greenhouses and the like) from
    which NASA will buy services to support its explorers.

    The t/Space team includes Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites Inc., which
    made history recently by rocketing the first commercial pilot into
    suborbital space aboard SpaceShipOne. Another key player is AirLaunch
    LLC, which is under contract with the Defense Dept. to develop a
    low-cost responsive launch vehicle. These two companies will
    collaborate on the design of a Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) to carry
    NASA astronauts to the Moon in the next decade, and eventually to
    Mars. Their design will demonstrate how the CEV can be developed on an
    affordable basis by private industry via NASA incentives, saving the
    government billions of dollars compared to traditional contracting
    approaches.

    Full article at this URL:

    http://www.transformspace.com/pages/5/index.htm
     

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