Nasa directs Boeing, SpaceX to begin work on space taxis

Nasa has ordered the US multi-national Boeing Company and the California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) to restart work to develop space taxis to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS) using their CST-100 and Crew Dragon spacecraft respectively. Last month, Nasa had asked Boeing and SpaceX to suspend work in response to a protest filed with the US government accountability office (GAO) by Sierra Nevada Corporation, who lost the bid to build commercial space taxis. More

(Source: Times of India - Oct 13)