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Commercial Crew never stopped. Congress is not funding it well, though.
by Ankaios 11y ago
Commercial Crew never stopped. Congress is not funding it well, though.
- Animats 11y agoThat's the point. Congress cut funding so NASA and ULA could catch up to Space-X. Does this bill add funding?
- Ankaios 11y agoThat's not why Congress is funding Commercial Crew insufficiently. They're up to a different game. Delaying Commercial Crew won't help ULA much—the looming (latest) threat to ULA by SpaceX is reusability of the Falcon 9 first stage, and that is going to happen soon regardless of Commercial Crew. Also, NASA doesn't need to "catch up" to SpaceX—NASA is wants SpaceX and Boeing to get these vehicles flying by 2017 and has loudly and sincerely requested full funding for the Commercial Crew Program to that end. There's another pair of elephants (well, pigs) in the room that together are devouring $3 billion worth of resources per year that could be better spent on other space investments, including the Commercial Crew Program.