NASA budget seeks boost for commercial space taxis

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Feb 2 (Reuters) - - NASA wants to hike spending by 50 percent on a program to help two commercial companies develop space taxis to ferry crew to the International Space Station, the agency's 2016 spending plan shows. The move is part of the Obama Administration's proposal to boost NASA's budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 to $18.5 billion, a $519 million increase over the current year. The plan includes an increase to $1.24 billion in spending to help Boeing and p