NASA Approves Partial Privatization of the Space Program | Satnews Publishers

By Taylor Dinerman, Posted 05/18/09

Link: http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?number=42007238

"Even the military finds it cheaper to use civilian aircraft for certain missions. So why should space transportation be any different? NASA's beginning to agree. For the first time, after nearly a half century of building its own rockets and orbiters, it has approved the outsourcing of some of the equipment that enables its manned space missions to private contractors."