At 4 p.m. ET today, NASA will announce the winner of the contract for its Commercial Crew program. Worth billions, the contract is not only lucrative but historic, as whoever receives it will play a pivotal role in the future of manned space travel, by establishing what will essentially be a taxi service to and from low-Earth orbit and eliminating America’s reliance on Russian Soyuz rockets. This last factor is especially important in light of escalating tensions between the US and Russia over the power struggle in the Ukraine. The winner will not only provide transportation for astronauts to and …read more
Source: Business Insider
