NASA Funds Experimental "Near Space" Vehicles
31 Aug 2010, 08:34 UTC
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Commercial space companies Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems have been awarded a total of $475,000 to perform test flights of their experimental vehicles near the edge of space. The award is part of NASA's Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program (CRuSR), which seeks to develop commercial reusable transportation to near space for frequent, low-cost trips to near-space for small payloads.
"These two awards are just the beginning of an innovative teaming relationship with i [...]
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