[Editor's Note: This has been cross-posted from the NASA blog.]
Today, I am with Kennedy Space Center Director, Bob Cabana and the program manager for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, Ed Mango, to announce the selection of three companies for the next phase of our efforts to develop private sector capabilities that will keep us on track to end the outsourcing of America's human spaceflight program.
They are: The Boeing Company, Space Exploration Technologies and Sierra Nevada Corporation.
We have selected these companies to develop crew transportation capabilities as fully integrated systems.
Each of these companies has proven track records in the aerospace industry.
By keeping three companies in the mix, we not only ensure competition, which is good for the taxpayers, we also guarantee that we never find ourselves in the situation we're in today — dependent on a sole provider to get our crew to space.
Fonte: White House