Two of the final space shuttle commanders have landed new gigs in the commercial world working for companies competing to launch private crew-transports to and from the International Space Station. Former chief NASA astronaut Steve Lindsey and the skipper of the last shuttle mission Chris Ferguson have left the agency to join separate firms vying for a piece of the commercial crew launch business. Lindsey flew shuttle Discovery on her final voyage back in February and Ferguson commanded Atlantis' mission in July. Lindsey joined Sierra Nevada Corp. in July as the Dream Chaser spaceplane's director of flight operations and on Monday Boeing announced it had hired Ferguson as director of...
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