NASA’s COTS Initiative: Developing Commercial Cargo Services for LEO
- Paper number
IAC-10.D2.2.2
- Author
Mr. Dennis Stone, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Johnson Space Center, United States
- Coauthor
Mr. Alan Lindenmoyer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Johnson Space Center, United States
- Coauthor
Mr. Valin Thorn, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Johnson Space Center, United States
- Year
2010
- Abstract
To stimulate the commercial space transportation industry, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is facilitating the development and demonstration of Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) by private-sector companies. NASA is pursuing COTS via funded Space Act Agreements with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC). This paper provides a report on the progress of SpaceX and OSC in their efforts to develop reliable and cost-effective commercial transportation to serve the LEO marketplace.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
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