NASA released the CCiCap solicitation today, so I suppose this deserves its own thread. Proposals are due by the 23rd of March with the winners to be announced in August. The goal is for orbital crewed demonstration flights from multiple providers by the middle of the decade.
Commercial Crew Program website.
Alternative Commercial Crew Program website.
CCDev-2 thread.
Links to synopsis and solicitation.Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap)
In 2009, NASA began commercial crew initiatives to stimulate the private sector to develop and demonstrate human spaceflight capabilities that could ultimately lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for both commercial and Government customers. Those initiatives focused on maturing designs of elements of a crew transportation system (CTS).
NASA intends to begin a new initiative, the Commercial Crew integrated Capability (CCiCap), to facilitate industry’s development of an integrated CTS. This activity is expected to result in significant maturation of commercial CTS. Facilitating development of this U.S. capability is expected to provide national economic benefit and support safe, reliable, and cost effective transportation to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO).
NASA intends to solicit proposals from U.S. space industry participants to mature the design and development of an integrated CTS which includes spacecraft, launch vehicle, ground and mission systems. Selected CCiCap participants will receive funded Space Act Agreements (SAAs) under NASA’s Other Transactions Authority within the National Aeronautics and Space Act, 51 U.S.C. 20113.
Commercial Crew Program website.
Alternative Commercial Crew Program website.
CCDev-2 thread.