Commercial Crew Program
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Oct 9, 2026
Robert SheltonGUEST
Eh, let's see if I can say that now.
Robert SheltonGUEST
Lead simulation engineer for the Commercial Crew Program.
Robert SheltonGUEST
Uh, it's one of many.
Robert SheltonGUEST
I have been working at NASA for, uh, almost 40 years, and, uh, so I've worn just about every hat there is.
speaker_0HOST
Mercury.
speaker_0HOST
Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz test project, space shuttle program, shuttle mirror program, international space station, commercial crew program, Artemis program.
speaker_0HOST
The Artemis program is the current program to bring humans to the moon again.
speaker_0HOST
If you are hearing this way later, we already made it back we set foot on the moon everything went according to plan and we are looking at making a space station on the moon so we're gonna drop a couple humans deposit them on the surface of the moon and have them set up somewhat of a permanent habitat on the surface of the moon.
CarlHOST
This started in 1993, the first crewed flight was 1998, and it is ongoing.
CarlHOST
Commercial Crew Program provides commercially operated crew transportation service to and from the International Space Station under contract to NASA conducting crew rotations between the expeditions of the International Space Station.
CarlHOST
Current program to shuttle Americans to the International Space Station.
CarlHOST
And we have the Artemis program.
Jack KiralyGUEST
And so that is less people going through the pipeline.
Jack KiralyGUEST
That is less scientists and researchers doing the work that, that they are functionally interviewing for every, every year, right? To, to, to continue, you know, making these breakthroughs because this kind of science as a service discussion is an extension of things like the commercial crew program, the commercial orbital transportation systems program, commercial cargo program for the ISS.
Jack KiralyGUEST
You know, these are all just extensions of, of kind of this idea that if you kick certain activities over to the private sector, you will save money as a, as a government.
Jack KiralyGUEST
But when...
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Jack KiralyGUEST
Those things need to be in concert and in balance and have the appropriate values associated with them.
Jack KiralyGUEST
You know, I think we're also building on these assumptions of answers to experiments that haven't fully matured quite yet.
Jack KiralyGUEST
So taking a look at the commercial crew program, I think it's been in the news quite a bit recently that, that SpaceX is walking back and will eventually decommission Falcon nine and Crew Dragon spacecraft, which is going to leave the United States with only one commercial provider, that being Boeing and, and the Starliner program.
Jack KiralyGUEST
That is, you know, another area where, you know, that was seen as a successful program as creating this robust capability when really there was one provider for the, the vast majority of the commercial crew program, which is now pulling out, only to be replaced by another single provider that has needed an, an, an injection of another three hundred million dollars to continue the production of that vehicle.
Jack KiralyGUEST
That is less scientists and researchers doing the work that, that they are functionally interviewing for every, every year, right? To, to, to continue, you know, making these breakthroughs.
Jack KiralyGUEST
Because this kind of science as a service discussion is an extension of things like the Commercial Crew program, the Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems program, Commercial Cargo program for the ISS.
Jack KiralyGUEST
You know, these are all just extensions of, of kind of this idea that if you kick certain activities over to the private sector, you will save money as a, as a government.
Jack KiralyGUEST
But when, but the, the problem is, is that for those programs, you're paying for people, of course, but you're paying for an activity to happen, and those things are discrete.
7 MINS LATER
Jack KiralyGUEST
Those things need to be in concert and in balance and have the appropriate values associated with them.
Jack KiralyGUEST
You know, I think we're also building on these assumptions of answers to experiments that haven't fully matured quite yet.
Jack KiralyGUEST
So taking a look at the commercial crew program, I think it's been in the news quite a bit recently that, that SpaceX is walking back and will eventually decommission Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon spacecraft, which is going to leave the United States with only one commercial provider, that being Boeing and, and the Starliner program.
Jack KiralyGUEST
That is, you know, another area where, you know, that was seen as a successful program as creating this robust capability when really there was one provider for the, the vast majority of the commercial crew program, which is now pulling out, only to be replaced by another single provider that has needed an, an, an injection of another three hundred million dollars to continue the production of that vehicle.
Tom PattonHOST
Starship achieves orbit, marking a key milestone toward the return to the moon.
Tom PattonHOST
And NASA provides an update on Starliner and the future of the Commercial Crew Program.
Tom PattonHOST
I'm Tom Patton, and this is Space Commerce Week.
Tom PattonHOST
Starship reached orbit on Test Flight 14, marking a significant milestone toward NASA's goal of building an ongoing human presence on the Moon.
Joshua KutrykSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It does feel weird, though.
Touria IzriCORRESPONDENT
The 44-year-old is the first Canadian to launch into space under NASA's Commercial Crew Program, flying aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule.
Touria IzriCORRESPONDENT
Before liftoff, he had this message.
Joshua KutrykSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And it is with great pride and humility that I will represent Canada during this mission.
Jared IsaacmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That missions like this have become so reliable that they can almost feel routine, but they are not.
Karen PaulsCORRESPONDENT
The SpaceX rocket, carrying a crew that includes Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk, the first Canadian to blast off as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, and only the fourth Canadian to spend an extended time aboard the International Space Station.
Joshua KutrykSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Tell everyone, while he tells me I'm in space I don't really believe it yet.
Joshua KutrykSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It does feel weird though.
Sarah McMillanHOST
Kutryk is only the fourth Canadian to spend six months on the space station.
Sarah McMillanHOST
He's also the first to be transported as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, where it's buying seats on private rockets instead of building its own.
Sarah McMillanHOST
And he'll experience another milestone in space.
Sarah McMillanHOST
His wife is expecting their third child in the next few months.
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