http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/N...ly_ISS_alongside_SpaceX_Orbital_NASA_999.html Newcomer Sierra Nevada to supply ISS alongside SpaceX, Orbital: NASABy Jean-Louis SANTINIWashington (AFP) Jan 15, 2016 NASA on Thursday split a multi-billion-dollar contract to resupply the International Space Station between three US firms: SpaceX, Orbital ATK and Sierra Nevada -- a newcomer with reusable spacecraft. President Barack Obama pledged in 2010 that the US space agency would increasingly work with private companies, placing them in competition in order "to make getting to space easier and more affordable." "Today's announcement is a big deal that will move the president's vision further into the future," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement.
