ʻO kaʻaelike NASA Awards no nā lawelawe lele Suborbital

WASHINGTON, Iune 2, 2016 — Ua koho ʻo NASA iā Blue Origin, LLC, ma Van Horn, Texas, e hoʻohui a hoʻolele i nā ukana ʻenehana kokoke i ka palena o ka lewa ma kā lākou New Shepard suborbital spacecraft i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka NASA's Flight Opportunities Program.

ʻO kēia ke ono o ka hui i koho ʻia no kahi ʻaelike hoʻouna pau ʻole, pau ʻole ma lalo o ka Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle (sRLV) Flight and Payload Integration Services solicitation, nona ka waiwai hui ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o $45 miliona.

E hoʻomaka ana ʻo Iune 1, e hoʻokūkū ka ʻaelike me Blue Origin me nā hui papahana ʻē aʻe no nā kauoha hana e hoʻolako i ka hoʻohui uku a me nā lawelawe mokulele. Pono e hoʻomaka ʻia nā kauoha hana a pau i loko o ka manawa hana ʻekolu makahiki o ka ʻaelike.

"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hui ʻana o Blue Origin i kā mākou hui o nā lawelawe lawelawe ʻo Flight Opportunities," wahi a Steve Jurczyk, ka luna hoʻomalu no NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) ma Wakinekona. "ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mea hoʻolako mokulele ʻē aʻe e hiki ai iā NASA a me ke kaiāulu ākea ākea ke hōʻike a hoʻololi i nā ʻenehana ākea, e hoʻomohala i nā mana hou me ka wikiwiki a me ka uku haʻahaʻa."

ʻO kēia ʻaelike ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā ʻaelike i hāʻawi ʻia ma 2014 a me 2015, e hāʻawi ana i nā mana kālepa e hoʻohana ana i nā ʻōnaehana lele i hōʻoia ʻia. Hāʻawi ka ʻaelike i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku hou a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kiʻi lele hou ma ka liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e like me ka mea i hoʻoholo ʻia e ke aupuni.

E hui pū ʻo Blue Origin i nā ʻoihana ma lalo o ka ʻaelike:
• Masten Space Systems, Inc., Mojave, Kaleponi
• Ma kahi o Space Corporation, Tillamook, Oregon
• UP Aerospace, Inc., Littleton, Colorado
• Virgin Galactic, LLC, Niu Ioka
• World View Enterprises, Inc., Tucson, Arizona

Ma o ka Flight Opportunities Program, koho ʻo STMD i nā ʻenehana hoʻohiki mai ka ʻoihana, ke kula a me ke aupuni, a hoʻāʻo iā lākou ma nā kaʻa hoʻomaka kalepa. Kākoʻo ʻia ka Polokalamu Hoʻolaha Kūleʻa e STMD, a mālama ʻia ma NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center ma Edwards, Kaleponi. Na STMD ke kuleana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoki ʻoki, ka paionia, nā ʻenehana hou a me nā mana e pono ai e ka ʻoihana e hoʻokō i kāna mau mikiona o kēia manawa a me ka wā e hiki mai ana.