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Beyond SpaceX: Five companies seeking to change space travel
During the past 10 years, Presidents George W. Bush and Obama have directed NASA to turn the job of transporting cargo and crew to the space station over to the private sector. As that process gathers pace, here is a list of the key players.
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Boeing, SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corporation to share $1.1 billion from NASA (+video)
Under a new deal, NASA will be paying a trio of companies over the next 21 months to develop spacecraft capable of flying US astronauts to the International Space Station.
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NASA launches $1.1 billion deal with private spaceflight companies (+video)
A trio of private spaceflight companies – Boeing, SpaceX, and the Sierra Nevada Corporation – are to get $1.1 billion in funding from NASA under a new deal to launch US astronauts into space.
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SpaceX capsule one step closer to manned flight, says NASA
SpaceX's Dragon space capsule has passed a main design review, brining the private spacecraft closer to carrying astronauts into orbit.
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Jeff Bezos and the $42 million immortal clock
Amazon founder and entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has enlisted the Long Now Foundation to build a clock that will last thousands of years. Jeff Bezos estimates the device will cost $42 million.
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Beyond SpaceX: Five companies seeking to change space travel
During the past 10 years, Presidents George W. Bush and Obama have directed NASA to turn the job of transporting cargo and crew to the space station over to the private sector. As that process gathers pace, here is a list of the key players.
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How the ultra-rich plan to conquer space (+video)
From asteroid mining to space station taxis, a handful of billionaires have big plans for the final frontier.
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Amazon founder locates Apollo 11 rockets
Jeff Bezos, the dot-com billionaire, announced that he has located the booster rockets that lifted the first moon mission into space at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. He hopes to raise one or both to the surface.
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NASA goes commercial in its quest for extra space taxis
NASA seeks alternative ways to send astronauts to the International Space Station. Recent problems with Russia's Soyuz vehicles has shown a need for more space taxis.
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Stratolaunch plane could make space tourism affordable
Stratolaunch plane, an enormous aircraft, will be a flying launchpad for space flights. Could this Stratolaunch plane turn extraterrestrial tourism into an everyday affair?
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Paul Allen plans to replace space shuttle program
Paul Allen is planning on building the world's largest plane intended to offer space travel to paying customers and possibly to the international space station.
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Will airborne launch pads replace the Space Shuttle program?
Stratolaunch Systems, founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is planning to build a huge carrier aircraft that will launch unmanned rockets into space.
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With Atlantis landing, an era ends. Are private space firms ready for duty?
The Atlantis landing just before 6 a.m. Thursday marks the end of the US space shuttle program – and the transition to private firms as the cargo carriers to space. Perhaps they'll ferry people, too.
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In race to replace space shuttles, NASA boosts four front-runners
NASA is turning to private companies to replace the space shuttles, and it will give four proposals from the likes of Boeing and SpaceX $269 million this year.
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Six private enterprises that could launch humans into orbit
Private spaceflight is entering a new era with the first test launch of the new Falcon 9 rocket Friday. Here are six companies vying to build a vessel that will carry civilians into space.
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