Wednesday, April 30, 2014

NASA is Seeking Ideas for use of the ISS and L.E.O. for commercial endevours

NASA is seriously trying to open low-Earth orbit to commercial space opportunities One of the things they are willing to put on the table is the International Space Station. NASA is looking for ideas, as this NASA article here reads
  • on ways it can help create greater access to and use of the International Space Station for research and commercial activities. 
Yep, I read that as commercial use of the station....hummm



Of course further on, it becomes a bit clearer what the motivation are...
  • NASA is soliciting ideas from companies interested in using the space station and the low-Earth orbit environment in innovative ways that will develop a strong commercial market and assist the agency in achieving its exploration goals.
I suspect the rent is going to be a bit pricey.

Check out the complete article HERE

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