Shuttle rocket-builder vying for NASA space taxi work
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 22:40
in Astronomy & Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two of NASA's prime contractors are teaming with Europe's Astrium to develop a commercial space taxi built from shuttle heritage booster rockets and a prototype NASA spaceship originally designed as an alternative to the deep-space Orion capsule, the companies announced on Wednesday.