WASHINGTON, Okudu 2, 2016 - NASA ti yan Blue Origin, LLC, ni Van Horn, Texas, lati ṣepọ ati fò awọn sisanwo imọ-ẹrọ nitosi aala ti aaye lori ọkọ oju-ofurufu agbegbe ti Shepard Tuntun wọn ni atilẹyin ti Eto Awọn anfani Ofurufu ti NASA.
Eyi ni ile-iṣẹ kẹfa ti a yan fun ifijiṣẹ-ailopin, adehun iye-iye-iye labẹ Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle (sRLV) Ofurufu ati Iṣeduro Awọn iṣẹ Isopọpọ Payload, eyiti o ni iye apapọ ti ko kọja $45 million.
Bibẹrẹ Oṣu Karun ọjọ 1, adehun pẹlu Origin Blue yoo dije pẹlu awọn ile-iṣẹ eto miiran fun awọn aṣẹ iṣẹ-ṣiṣe lati fi isọpọ isanwo ati awọn iṣẹ ọkọ ofurufu ranṣẹ. Gbogbo awọn aṣẹ iṣẹ-ṣiṣe gbọdọ wa ni ipilẹṣẹ laarin akoko iṣẹ ọdun mẹta ti adehun naa.
“Inu wa dun lati ni Origin Buluu darapọ mọ cadre wa ti awọn olupese iṣẹ Awọn anfani ti Ọkọ ofurufu,” ni Steve Jurczyk sọ, oludari ẹlẹgbẹ fun NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) ni Washington. “Ṣafikun awọn olupese ọkọ ofurufu ni afikun n jẹ ki NASA ati agbegbe agbegbe afẹfẹ nla lati ṣafihan ati iyipada awọn imọ-ẹrọ aaye, dagbasoke awọn agbara tuntun ni iyara ati, ni agbara, ni idiyele kekere.”
Iwe adehun yii jẹ itesiwaju awọn adehun ti a fun ni 2014 ati 2015, pese awọn agbara iṣowo nipa lilo awọn eto ọkọ ofurufu ti a fihan. Iwe adehun ngbanilaaye fun ramping lori ti awọn olutaja tuntun ati afikun awọn profaili ọkọ ofurufu tuntun ni o kere ju ipilẹ ọdọọdun, gẹgẹbi ipinnu nipasẹ awọn ibeere ijọba.
Blue Origin yoo darapọ mọ awọn ile-iṣẹ wọnyi lọwọlọwọ labẹ adehun:
• Masten Space Systems, Inc., Mojave, California
• Nitosi Space Corporation, Tillamook, Oregon
• UP Aerospace, Inc., Littleton, United
• Virgin Galactic, LLC, Niu Yoki
• World Wo Enterprises, Inc., Tucson, Arizona
Nipasẹ Eto Awọn anfani ti Ofurufu, STMD yan awọn imọ-ẹrọ ti o ni ileri lati ile-iṣẹ, ile-ẹkọ giga ati ijọba, ati idanwo wọn lori awọn ọkọ ifilọlẹ iṣowo. Eto Awọn anfani Ofurufu jẹ inawo nipasẹ STMD, ati iṣakoso ni NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Centre ni Edwards, California. STMD jẹ iduro fun idagbasoke agbekọja, aṣáájú-ọnà, awọn imọ-ẹrọ tuntun ati awọn agbara ti ile-ibẹwẹ nilo lati ṣaṣeyọri awọn iṣẹ apinfunni lọwọlọwọ ati ọjọ iwaju.
