Posted by tourdemars to Crew Exploration Vehicle at November 9, 2004 07:13 PM

Two aerospace giants, the Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp., said Tuesday they will form a partnership to compete for the contract to build NASA’s next manned spaceship. NASA will award two development contracts next year, potentially worth billions of dollars, for the spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle for carrying astronauts to and from space.