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Title: [NSS]NASA Selects Companies to Study Storing Cryogenic Propellants in Space
Post by: Feed Bot on August 07, 2011, 01:04:40 AM

NASA Selects Companies to Study Storing Cryogenic Propellants in Space

NASA has selected four companies to develop concepts for storing and transferring cryogenic propellants in space. These capabilities are important for the agency’s future deep space human exploration missions.
The selected companies, pending successful contract negotiations, are:
- Analytical Mechanics Associates Inc. Hampton, Va.
- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colo.
- The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif.
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Source: NASA Selects Companies to Study Storing Cryogenic Propellants in Space (http://blog.nss.org/?p=2938)