NASA proposes to build a space taxi

NASA has planned to use $ 50 million from the Economic Stimulus Fund to deploy passenger transport services to space using a new device named after the space taxi.

Next year, the United States will end the use of the entire shuttle fleet after more than seven years of operation and complete the construction of a $ 100 billion ISS International Aerospace Station flying in Earth orbit for 225 miles. .

After that, the US plans to hire Russian ships, one of 16 countries participating in the international space station program to transport astronauts up and down to work at this station.

NASA is expected to spend $ 500 million to help two US companies, SpaceX and Orbital Services Corp, deploy missiles and capsule rooms for transporting devices to the station.

Model of cosmic taxi visualized.

The White House established the Advisory Board headed by Norm Augustine, the former Director of Lockheed Group to review the program of human flights. The program is to complete the construction of the space station next year, stop using space shuttles and deploy new vehicles that can go to the space station as well as to the Moon and other destinations in solar system.

The funding for these ongoing programs has shrunk from $ 108 billion to $ 81.5 billion between 2010 and 2020, which is expected to land on the moon. from the first Apollo ship's flight.

The members of the President's Scientific Advisory Board reviewed the flight program of the spacecraft that said the budget and the program had not changed and the landing on the Moon could not be earlier. in 2020.

In addition to using these devices for research purposes, the United States will have an additional orbital service station for countries to conduct space research - Jeff Greason, co-founder and current leader. XCOR said.