Sentences with phrase «private space taxis»

NASA, facing the retirement of the shuttle fleet in 2011, is actively encouraging the development of private space taxis.

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So if private companies can successfully run space taxi services to low - Earth orbit, what role is left for NASA?

Over the next few years NASA is hoping for similar commercial success in taxiing astronauts — and many of these companies will likely offer private citizens trips to space as well.

NASA's future will depend on the involvement of private companies to develop space taxis and a new generation of vehicles for deep space exploration.

Instead, the new plan would put billions towards helping private companies develop their own rockets and spacecraft, which could then serve as taxis to take astronauts to and from the International Space Station.