Re: NASA Awards Shuttle/Space Station Engineering Support Contract
Bruce Inkster wrote:
> "Jacques van Oene" wrote
> > Jan. 18, 2006
> >
> > ...CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-001
> >
> > NASA AWARDS SHUTTLE/SPACE STATION ENGINEERING SUPPORT CONTRACT
> >
> > NASA has awarded a $34 million contract to The Charles Stark Draper
> > Laboratory, Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., to provide engineering
> > development and analysis for the space shuttle and International
> > Space Station. The work will support the guidance, navigation,
> > control and integrated avionics systems of the shuttle and station.
> >
> > The cost-plus-fixed-fee award contract begins Feb. 1, 2006, with a
> > two-year base period. The base period is followed by one two-year
> > extension option and one eight-month extension option, making the
> > total potential contract length four years and eight months.
>
> Coincidence?
> PRESS RELEASE
> Date Released: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
> Source: Johnson Space Center
>
> "NASA Seeks Proposals for Crew and Cargo Transportation to Orbit "
>
> http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/cots/COTS%20Final%20Announcement.doc
>
> "...For the first time, NASA is seeking non-government vehicles and
> commercial services to provide crew and cargo transportation for human space
> flight..."
In my opinion, NASA should always have at least two craft/systems
capable of doing a certain job (Station support, orbital delivery work,
etc.)
Some of the concepts the private folks have come up with could be worth
a look.
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