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美国宇航局向4家私人企业拨款2.693亿美元,招标开发一款新型商业运载飞船和配套的火箭系统,用于将宇航员送上国际空间站。这已是美国宇航局依据其“商业人员运载器开发计划”进行的第二轮拨款。这一项目的目的是鼓励并刺激美国民间私人工业界涉足可靠的载人航天设备产业。这4家公司和美国宇航局之间签署的此项协议将一直持续到2012年5月份。
NASA allocated $ 269.3 million to four private companies to develop a new commercial spacecraft and associated rocket system to send astronauts to the International Space Station. This is the second round of funding by NASA under its “Commercial Vehicle Carrier Development Program.” The purpose of this project is to encourage and stimulate the private private industry in the United States to get involved in the reliable manned space equipment industry. The agreement signed between the four companies and NASA will continue through May 2012.