[SunkenCiv]

...the White House "has decided to begin funding private companies to carry NASA astronauts into space".

Of course, the White House didn't mention that those private companies will be Chinese and maybe Indian. Thanks KD!

[justiceseeker93]

I don't understand the meaning of the title of the posted article. It seems to me that NASA has been "funding private companies" since its inception. It's been called contracting.