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In 2010, NASA established the Commercial Crew Program in order to provide human access to the International Space Station and low earth orbit via the commercial (non-governmental) sector. A particular challenge to NASA is how to determine the commercial provider’s transportation system complies with Programmatic safety requirements while at the same time allowing the provider the flexibility to demonstrate compliance through alternate standards and methods.
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Kirkpatrick, P., Vassberg, N. (2015). The Evolution of the Nasa Commercial Crew Program (CCP) Safety Process. In: Sgobba, T., Rongier, I. (eds) Space Safety is No Accident. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15982-9_27
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