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According to the follow sources, one of the winners is Boeing in a joint effort with Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/16

According to the follow sources, one of the winners is Boeing in a joint effort with Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/16/us-boeing-lockheed-martin-bezos-idUSKBN0HB0UU20140916 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/16/us-boeing-lockheed... http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/09/16/reports-boeing-to-beat-out-spacex-for-nasa-contract-thanks-to-jeff-bezos/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/09/16/reports-boe... http://seekingalpha.com/news/1984465-boeing-lockheed-bezos-to-develop-new-rocket-engine http://seekingalpha.com/news/1984465-boeing-lockheed-bezos-t... http://www.cnet.com/news/boeing-said-to-win-nasa-space-taxi-contract/ http://www.cnet.com/news/boeing-said-to-win-nasa-space-taxi-...

goodcanadian 12y ago
While I agree with the analysis, it appears to still be speculative . . .
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swalsh 12y ago
I actually would be fairly happy with that. At the moment, I think the space industry resembles very closely how the transistor market looked in the 50's. Very few immediate commercial prospects, but an eager government. I think more competition only helps the industry as a whole? Though from my sideline uneducated perspective SpaceX has demonstrated more success then anyone else at this point.
- washedup 12y ago
  Agreed, which is why I am hoping for a joint contract.
gedmark 12y ago
Surprised this is the top comment. Your first link is reporting on an unrelated military program to replace the RD-180 rocket engine. The other four links are all blog spam using the same source: the Wall Street Journal article by Andy Pasztor. Pasztor is well known in the aerospace industry for writing what you might call "speculative" articles based on not much more than rumor. Edit: here's the WSJ article so people can go to the original source. You'll need the google trick to get around the paywall. http://online.wsj.com/articles/boeing-takes-lead-to-build-space-taxi-1410820865 http://online.wsj.com/articles/boeing-takes-lead-to-build-sp... Fair warning I don't think it has any actual news content. The expected outcome was that Boeing and SpaceX would both be winners, but because SpaceX is always cheaper, Boeing would get a larger amount of money. It certainly could be true, but the official announcement is in two hours so probably just makes the most sense to wait and see what happens rather than post more speculation.
- washedup 12y ago
  I found some better sources and cleaned up the links. Thanks for pointing that out. The purpose of the links is to shed more light on what is happening and the relationships among the companies and government bodies.

goodcanadian 12y ago

While I agree with the analysis, it appears to still be speculative . . .

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swalsh 12y ago

I actually would be fairly happy with that. At the moment, I think the space industry resembles very closely how the transistor market looked in the 50's. Very few immediate commercial prospects, but an eager government. I think more competition only helps the industry as a whole? Though from my sideline uneducated perspective SpaceX has demonstrated more success then anyone else at this point.

washedup 12y ago
Agreed, which is why I am hoping for a joint contract.

gedmark 12y ago

Surprised this is the top comment. Your first link is reporting on an unrelated military program to replace the RD-180 rocket engine. The other four links are all blog spam using the same source: the Wall Street Journal article by Andy Pasztor. Pasztor is well known in the aerospace industry for writing what you might call "speculative" articles based on not much more than rumor. Edit: here's the WSJ article so people can go to the original source. You'll need the google trick to get around the paywall. http://online.wsj.com/articles/boeing-takes-lead-to-build-space-taxi-1410820865 http://online.wsj.com/articles/boeing-takes-lead-to-build-sp... Fair warning I don't think it has any actual news content. The expected outcome was that Boeing and SpaceX would both be winners, but because SpaceX is always cheaper, Boeing would get a larger amount of money. It certainly could be true, but the official announcement is in two hours so probably just makes the most sense to wait and see what happens rather than post more speculation.

washedup 12y ago
I found some better sources and cleaned up the links. Thanks for pointing that out. The purpose of the links is to shed more light on what is happening and the relationships among the companies and government bodies.