NASA to rely more on commercial partners for space exploration

NASA to rely more on commercial partners for space exploration

NASA officials say they will rely on commercial partners more and more for future space exploration.

The agency's inspector general recently criticised its timelines and cost estimates for putting humans on Mars.

Our US correspondent Giles Gibson has more:

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