[12-3-07 – Satellite Today] Transformational Space Corp. has entered the second round of NASA‘s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, Transformational Space announced Nov. 29.    
    The program is offering $175 million to companies developing systems to transport people and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) after the space shuttle is retired. The space agency plans to announce one or more winners in February.
    Tranformational Space was one of six finalists in the original COTS competition. After NASA selected two competitors for funding, Transformational Space signed an unfunded Space Act Agreement with NASA in February. This agreement enabled Transformational Space to share in the ISS program and technical data NASA has been supplying to the funded participants.
    NASA opened up the program to new bidders in October after terminating its agreement with Rocketplane Kistler.