Re: KSC to assemble CEV if Lockheed Martin wins


"Jorge R. Frank" <jrfrank@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"ed kyle" <edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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The big unknown is where the manufacturing would occur. There
was some talk of doing CEV construction at Michoud, but that
was before the hurricane.

Michoud is still the frontrunner for the CaLV core stage (which makes
sense
since it's ET-derived), and the CLV second stage (if LockMart wins it).

It's not a coincidence that the CaLV, CLV, and CEV proposals all seem to
keep jobs in the areas that currently have shuttle jobs. Because of this,
I'm extremely skeptical of any "cost savings" when compared to the shuttle
program.

Jeff
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