Picking Up the Pace on Outsourcing Space

NASA's getting more serious about commercializing space. The agency has signed agreements with three more companies to develop the capacity to transport people and goods into low-earth orbit.

Of course, this is all part of an effort to hand over more of NASA's operations to the private sector that stretches back to the Clinton administration.

What's the next phase? Purchasing transportation services to supply the International Space Station as NASA focuses on its next goals: exploring the moon and Mars.