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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

The U.S. space agency is sponsoring a competition in which winning companies will get $500 million in seed money to develop space vehicles that NASA will never design, build or own. Like a U-Haul truck rental, NASA instead will merely lease them on a per-trip basis for sending cargo and eventually crew to the international space station.

Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on :

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Thanks for making my laugh out in the lab.

If you can do it, man...I say go for the prize money.

Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

Should we incorporate and turn in a design based on a runabout?

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

The topic should read:
"NASA hopes competition spurs commercial space growth before we lose another shuttle to preventable design flaws."

Posted by bX (Member # 419) on :

Er, Captain Boh wins. That's just awesome.