Proof? Evidence?

FWIW…

For those opposed to ESAS, I would suggest there is a better chance of scrapping it and going Atlas V with Obama rather than Clinton or McCain as the latter two may very well stick with the Stick and the heavy Orion but continue underfunding NASA meaning a longer gap, a delay or cancellation of Ares V, and a whole lot of money spent for very little in results.

In my opinion we need to either increase funding of ESAS or cancel it and turn to another plan.

No mark, all the conspiracies are just against you.

I’m actually surprised that no investigative reporter has ever dug into this. It could have been a very juicy story. I would in fact expect a protest from Boeing or Lockmart, but I guess they figure that they don’t want to jeopardize future NASA contracts by complaining.

“‘This is not an argument between NASA and anyone else. This is an argument between a losing contractor and a winning contractor by a losing contractor that (thinks) the winner should be overturned,’ he said. ‘Sorry.'”

I’d buy that if they actually did a fairly competed contract and ATK still won. Instead, ATK was given an uncompeted sole-source contract. When you combine that with the whole issue of Doc Horowitz’s involvement with both NASA on the specifications writing side, then ATK on sales side, then NASA again on the execution side…there’s room for more than just sour grapes.

~Jon

You can tell Griffin skipped class the day irony was being discussed.