While NASA's commercial crew development activities offer exciting opportunities for the future, these public-private partnerships represent a new approach to acquisition and human spaceflight that pose unique questions and challenges for the agency, its commercial partners, and Congress.
Costello discusses the challenges and opportunities of NASA's commercial crew partnerships.
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