{"id":19575,"date":"2015-11-06T00:46:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T16:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/after-missing-out-on-nasas-next-cargo-contract-boeing-focuses-on-space-taxis\/"},"modified":"2015-11-06T00:46:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T16:46:29","slug":"after-missing-out-on-nasas-next-cargo-contract-boeing-focuses-on-space-taxis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/after-missing-out-on-nasas-next-cargo-contract-boeing-focuses-on-space-taxis\/","title":{"rendered":"After missing out on NASA\u2019s next cargo contract, Boeing focuses on space taxis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An artist\u2019s conception shows Boeing\u2019s CST-100 Starliner space taxi in orbit. (Credit: Boeing)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boeing says it\u2019s out of the running for NASA\u2019s next contract to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, but it\u2019ll still be sending up cargo as well as astronauts on its CST-100 Starliner spaceship under the terms of different deal.<\/p>\n

The update came as NASA said that its selection of contractors for the second round of commercial resupply services for the space station, previously scheduled to be announced today, would have to wait.<\/p>\n

\u201cCRS2 is a complex procurement,\u201d NASA said in an emailed statement. \u201cThe anticipated award date has been revised to no later than January 30, 2016, to allow time to complete a thorough proposal evaluation and selection. Since the agency is in the process of evaluating proposals, we are in a procurement communications blackout. For that reason, NASA cannot answer questions about this procurement at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nScience journalist Alan Boyle<\/strong> is the author of “The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made A Big Difference.”<\/p>\n

The CRS2 contracts are likely to be worth billions of dollars, and would cover a period running from 2018 to 2024.<\/p>\n

SpaceX and Orbital ATK have been shipping cargo into orbit since 2012, under contracts with a combined price tag of totaling more than $3.5 billion. Both those companies are currently sidelined due to rocket failures, but they expect to return to service within months and help resupply the space station into the year 2018. Their bids for CRS2 contracts are still active.<\/p>\n

Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Nevada Corp. said they also submitted proposals for CRS2. Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Lockheed Martin was eliminated from consideration. Today, Sierra Nevada Corp. spokeswoman Krystal Scordo told Space Policy Online that her company was still in. But NASA told Boeing in a letter received today that it was no longer \u201cin the running,\u201d spokeswoman Kelly Kaplan told GeekWire in an email.<\/p>\n