September 16, 2014      4:39 PM
SpaceX and Boeing win $6.8 billion NASA contract for taking astronauts to space station
Huge boost for company making investments in South Texas
Though it was not
immediately clear how it will impact the SpaceX
development planned for South Texas, the company on Tuesday was one of two firms
awarded a contract by NASA to transport astronauts to and
from the International Space Station. Boeing was the other
company, which just yesterday was
said to have defeated SpaceX for this contract. Turns
out they
both got it.
The contracts are worth a
total of $6.8 billion. Boeing's share is $4.2 billion and SpaceX
will receive $2.6 billion. SpaceX, of course, announced
earlier this year it chose Brownsville as the future home of a commercial
launch facility. The state pumped $15.3 million into that deal.
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