NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver (4th-L) meets Blue Origin Founder Jeff Bezos (3rd-L) next to Blue Origin's crew capsule along with other Blue Origin team members, Bretton Alexander (L) and Jeff Ashby (2nd-L) Rob Meyerson (5th-L) and Robert Millman at the company's headquarters in Kent, Washington, Thursday, December 8, 2011. Blue Origin is one of the awardees selected to receive a Space Act Agreement (SAA) during the second round of the Commercial Crew Development Program (CCDev2). These awards, which began in 2009, were made to stimulate efforts within US industry to develop and demonstrate human spaceflight capabilities and advance commercial crew space transportation system concepts. Current efforts among the companies will mature the design and development of elements of the system, such as launch vehicles and spacecraft. AFP PHOTO / NASA / Bill Ingalls == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / NASA / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == (Photo by BILL INGALLS and - / NASA / AFP) (Photo by BILL INGALLS/NASA/AFP via Getty Images)Photo: Getty Images
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