Change in space for NASA: Renting the Right Stuff

Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 14:21 in Astronomy & Space

(AP) -- Getting to space is about to be outsourced. The Obama administration on Monday will propose in its new budget spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and operate spacecraft for NASA and others. Uncle Sam would buy its astronauts a ride into space just like hopping in a taxi.

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