Dream Chaser etc

When I read the item below, it kind of gave me more questions than it
answered. To me the two currently chosen solutions to commercial crew
transport look and feel like just two easy ways out of the current reliance
on Russia. However this craft is more advanced and might be of more use I'd
have thought.What will they do now, is it all going to just be shelved or
what?

January 5, 2015

NASA Statement on GO Decision to Deny Commercial Crew Contract Protest

NASA issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Government
Accountability Office (GAO) decision to deny a protest Sierra Nevada Corp.,
of Louisville, Colorado, filed Sept. 26, 2014, challenging the agency's
Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) Contract awards made
Sept.
16, 2014, to The Boeing Company, Space Exploration, Houston, and Space
Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), of Hawthorne, California.

"The GAO has notified NASA that it has denied Sierra Nevada Corporation's
protest of the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract awards.
NASA is pleased the GAO's decision allows the agency to move forward and
continue working with Boeing and SpaceX on the Launch America initiative
that
will enable safe and reliable crew transportation to and from the
International Space Station on American spacecraft launched from the United
States, ending the nation's sole reliance on Russia for such
transportation. The case remains under the protective order and blackout
until the GAO releases its decision."


Read the GAO's full statement on its ruling at:

http://www.gao.gov/press/pr_statemen...id_protest.htm

For more information about NASA's Commercial Crew Program, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew


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Stephanie Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100



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