Turkish-run firm gets $212.5 mln from NASA

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BUSINESS - Turkish-run firm gets $212.5 mln from NASA

NASA has granted $212.5 million to the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), owned by Turkish couple, Eren and Fatih Özmen, to support the firm’s space-taxi project “Dream Chaser.”

Sierra Nevada is one of three companies NASA has chosen to support with a total fund of $1.1 billion. The other two companies are airplane manufacturer Boeing and SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corp.). NASA allocated $440 million for SpaceX and $460 million for Boeing.

So this Turkish owned company is developing a space-taxi and has obviously a lot of expertise in that matter. Could be interesting in combination with our own space program. We could get some assistance.

 

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