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NASA Commercial Partnership Programs

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The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative

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NASA began to expand its commercial partnerships in the 1980s; with the retirement of the space shuttle, the space agency relies almost entirely on the commercial sector for the design of launch vehicles, capsules and support services to achieve the agency mandate. SpaceX and Orbital Sciences provide commercial cargo services. Commercial crew requirements are handled by SpaceX and United Launch Alliance with Boeing.

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    Anthony Young

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Young, A. (2015). NASA Commercial Partnership Programs. In: The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative. SpringerBriefs in Space Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18929-1_4

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