WASHINGTON — Sierra Space and NASA have sharply revised a contract to use the company’s Dream Chaser vehicle to deliver cargo to the International Space Station as the company pivots to defense applications. NASA announced Sept. 25 that it modified its Commercial Resupply Services 2, or CRS-2, contract with Sierra Space. That contract originally included seven missions to transport cargo …
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However, in its news release, NASA said it is no longer obligated to a specific number of resupply missions. Chasing those defense dollars In its own statement on the announcement, Sierra Space said the new approach will provide it with more “flexibility” as the company seeks to attract national defense contracts. “Dream Chaser represents the future of versatile space transportation …
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“We wanted to have a fuel system that was green instead of using hypergolics, so we could land it on a runway and we could walk up to the vehicle without being in hazmat suits,” Tom Vice, then Sierra’s chief executive, told Ars in late 2023. “That was hard, I have to say.” Apparently it still is because, according to …
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