NASA awards International Space Station completion contract
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, NASA, development program, space
Boeing was awarded a $650 M contract by NASA to support the completion of the International Space Station (ISS). Boeing will provide engineering and software support as well as subsystems needed to complete the station. The contract is for two years. This contract will complete the station by 2010. Not addressed is the coming gap when NASA will be dependent on Russian assets for launch as the Space Shuttle retires.
See the press release at International Business Times.
Air Force buys sounding rockets
Filed under: Alliant Techsystems, Contract Awards, NASA, U.S. Air Force, missile defense, production program, space
Alliant Techsystems was awarded a contract by the US Air Force to provide sounding rockets for it and NASA’s use. See a press release here. Sounding rockets tend to be small, single stage rockets that stay suborbital. They can be used to simulate targets for ballistic missile defense tests and experiments, and also support NASA activities and experiments. One common use before the Test Ban Treaty was to collect data from nuclear tests in the Pacific and the American West.
NASA Program Delayed Two Years Due to Conflict of Interest
This story from the AP on 21 December details how a NASA probe to Mars will be delayed two years due to a conflict between one of the two contractors proposing and the persons involved in the selection process. NASA has not released any details on who, or what, caused the conflict. This means the whole review and award process has to restart. Because Mars is only close to Earth every two years or so, the whole program is delayed from 2011 to 2013. To further add to the issue, SAIC was banned from participating in bidding on the contract as it’s personnel are involved in the review process. See MSNBC for the complete story.
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