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NASA would love to stop having to rely on Russia to send its astronauts into space, but realizing that dream means that someone needs to step up to the plate with a safe, reliable crew transportation system. Right now, both SpaceX and Boeing are working independently to meet that demand, but a new report from the Government Accountability Office reveals that neither of them are as far along as they should be, and that's not great news to U.S. astronauts.
The two companies — SpaceX with its Dragon capsule and Boeing with its Starliner spacecraft — are both under contract with NASA to develop, build, and launch commercial crew missions to the International Space Station, but assessments of the two companies' systems reveal shortcomings that will likely delay the deployment of both.
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SpaceX and Boeing are racing to put a man in space, and they’re both losing originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 12 Jul 2018 at 11:13:01 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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NASA would love to stop having to rely on Russia to send its astronauts into space, but realizing that dream means that someone needs to step up to the plate with a safe, reliable crew transportation system. Right now, both SpaceX and Boeing are working independently to meet that demand, but a new report from the Government Accountability Office reveals that neither of them are as far along as they should be, and that's not great news to U.S. astronauts.
The two companies — SpaceX with its Dragon capsule and Boeing with its Starliner spacecraft — are both under contract with NASA to develop, build, and launch commercial crew missions to the International Space Station, but assessments of the two companies' systems reveal shortcomings that will likely delay the deployment of both.
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SpaceX and Boeing are racing to put a man in space, and they’re both losing originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 12 Jul 2018 at 11:13:01 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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