Statement on Inaccurate Reports About Japanese Cargo Services
baa...@earthlink.net
John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602
John.ye...@nasa.gov
RELEASE: 08-181
STATEMENT ON INACCURATE REPORTS ABOUT JAPANESE CARGO SERVICES
WASHINGTON -- Contrary to news reports, NASA has not officially or
unofficially been discussing the purchase of H-II Transfer Vehicles
(HTV) -- uninhabited resupply cargo ships for the space station --
from the Japanese Space Agency, or JAXA.
NASA is committed to domestic commercial cargo resupply to the space
station and does not plan to procure cargo delivery services from
Japan. As part of our original agreements as compensation for common
system operating costs NASA has limited cargo capability on the
Japanese and European cargo vehicles. NASA has recently issued a
request for proposal for the cargo needs of International Space
Station beyond those supplied by our current international
agreements. NASA has chosen to depend on commercial resupply of cargo
delivery to the station.
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