NASA's approach to commercial cargo and crew transportation

To stimulate the commercial space industry and potentially serve the logistics needs of the International Space Station (ISS) in the post-Space Shuttle era, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 2006 began the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) initiative. NASA e...

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Published in:Acta astronautica 2008-07, Vol.63 (1-4), p.192-197
Main Authors: Stone, Dennis, Lindenmoyer, Alan, French, George, Musk, Elon, Gump, David, Kathuria, Chirinjeev, Miller, Charles, Sirangelo, Mark, Pickens, Tom
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