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NASA’s commercial spacesuit program just hit a major snag (arstechnica.com)
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If NASA were to re-open competition, one of the bidders could be SpaceX, which has already designed a basic spacesuit to support the private Polaris Dawn mission.

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[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 5 months ago

Boeing seems to be getting themselves out with their "we won't do any more fixed price contracts" attitude.