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[slate] Well the commercial crew

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program is working with the aerospace

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industry to launch astronauts on American rockets

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from American soil to and from the

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International Space Station.

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And the goal of the program is to have safe, reliable and cost-effective

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transportation to and from the ISS.

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That’ll allow additional research

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time, it saves NASA a substantial amount of money because there's

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competition - these are fix-priced contracts.

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And the flight that we’re about

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to have is the fourth with NASA astronauts

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on a SpaceX vehicle.

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[slate] Well when NASA partners with

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companies like SpaceX and Boeing it’s openning

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space to more people. More science, most commercial opportunities.

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NASA’s goal is to be

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just one of the many costomers of these companies that

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it can provide human transportation to orbit.

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And we’re already seeing other providers book commercial

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missions with private passengers. We

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set out on this path over ten years ago.

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It’s exciting to see the vision start

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to soar.

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Well with Boeing and SpaceX and their human

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missions to and from the International Space Station carrying four astronauts

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apiece, it’s going to expand the number of crew members

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at the ISS, and that will

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effectively double the amount of crew time that we can devote to research

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technology, possible only

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in the International Space Station’s unique

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almost zero-gravity environment.

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The station is critical for NASA to understand

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and overcome the challenges of long-duration space

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flight.

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And we are having astronauts stay there for long-term because

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we’re getting ready to send them to the

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Moon for long-duration missions. And then think when

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we go to Mars, it’s going to be a long time getting there,

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on the surface, and getting back

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Checkout nasa.gov for updates on

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew 3 mission.