The head of NASA said that the launch vehicles should be handled by experts of the Agency.
The Director of NASA Charles Bolden (Charles Bolden) does not approve the creation of large launch vehicles (ILV) private companies.
Bolden, touching upon the development of the market launchers and small satellites, said that he is not a fan of commercial space rockets. The head of NASA said that the launch vehicles should be handled by experts of the Agency. This statement contradicts the words of former Deputy Director of the Agency’s Lori Garver (Lori Garver), which stated that NASA should not compete with private companies and to stimulate their development.
The U.S. government plans to spend 13 billion dollars on the design and development of Space Launch System (SLS) — a super-heavy launch vehicle for manned expeditions. The first test flight tentatively scheduled for 2018. Rocket, according to calculations, should be the most powerful in the world. It is designed for flight in interplanetary space, including to Mars.
12 September, the head of a private American company Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos (Jeff Bezos) said that by 2020 it will be the first launch of new heavy carrier rocket New Glenn.
