SpaceX and Boeing delays could mean more money for Russia, NASA watchdog says

Здесь когда-то было изображение.

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk speaks after unveiling the Dragon V2 spacecraft in California 2014. SpaceX unveiled an upgraded passenger version of the Dragon cargo ship NASA buys for resupply runs to the International Space Station.
A recent report by NASA's chief watchdog raised new doubts about the readiness of contractors to deliver astronauts to space, even before Thursday's explosion of a SpaceX rocket.

Any further delay, NASA's Inspector General found, could mean a continued reliance on Russia to deliver American astronauts to space, a ferry ride that has been growing steadily more expensive.

Неудачи подрядчиков вынуждают NASA полагаться на Россию