SPACE.com -- Private Supply Ships Vital for Space Vision, NASA Chief Says

Commercial space station cargo ships, crew ferries and other spacecraft will prove a vital cog in NASA’s engine for future space exploration, the agency’s top official said Tuesday.



“We want to be able to buy these services from American industry,” NASA chief Michael Griffin told American Astronautics Society (AAS) during its annual conference here, adding that the first space station resupply proposals are expected this fall. “It will not be government business as usual.”