Comments on: Members of Congress support commercial crew deal

By: Googaw

Googaw — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:36:08 +0000

This reads as â€œbehind the public eyeâ€ Congress is wed to Boeing and is rushing NASA to start sending tax-dollars to them as soon as possible. So which others gets selected and which gets dumped?

What? I thought this program was “commercial”. You mean to tell me that the decision is going to be made by Congress and some government bureaucrats instead of the “market”?

I’m shocked. I’m simply shocked.

By: Ferris Valyn

Ferris Valyn — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:15:03 +0000

Rick – He also suggested that it would be FAR based – the Wolf/Bolden agreement preserves SAAs for development.

By: Vladislaw

Vladislaw — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:18:11 +0000

A gust of wind from an alternative reality wrote:

“and the $100â€²s of millions that have been larded on Obamaâ€™s cronies will officially be for naught.”

LOL … when did Sierra Nevada, and Boeing become “cronies” of President Obama? I mean the exact date?

By: Rick Boozer

Rick Boozer — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:00:09 +0000

@ablastofhotair
“Down select will occur as I said it would months ago, and the $100â€²s of millions that have been larded on Obamaâ€™s cronies will officially be for naught.”
You said a down select to only one would occur. That’s a far cry from what happened. You are so full of it.

By: Robert G. Oler

Robert G. Oler — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:32:00 +0000

amightywind wrote @ June 7th, 2012 at 9:14 pm

Best of luck to the entrepreneurs at Orbital who are about to launch a Pegsus XL. It is a new era.”

so funny. RGO

By: amightywind

amightywind — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:14:42 +0000

Down select will occur as I said it would months ago, and the $100’s of millions that have been larded on Obama’s cronies will officially be for naught. After the Wisconsin recall vote it is pretty obvious than any NASA decisions are tentative until Romney takes office and the agency is reformed. Then (I hope) we gut ISS as GDub originally intended.

Best of luck to the entrepreneurs at Orbital who are about to launch a Pegsus XL. It is a new era.

By: DCSCA

DCSCA — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:04:09 +0000

Stephen C. Smith wrote @ June 7th, 2012 at 8:01 am

“And itâ€™s still not enough money to accelerate the schedule so we can get off the Russian Soyuz any time soon.”

There’s no reason to throw good government money after bad in the Age of Austerity for redundant crew access, as the ISS is doomed-to-splash in a decade or so and has failed to deliver anything close to justifying its expense.

By: Coastal Ron

Coastal Ron — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:46:33 +0000

sftommy wrote @ June 7th, 2012 at 6:01 pm

“This reads as â€œbehind the public eyeâ€ Congress is wed to Boeing and is rushing NASA to start sending tax-dollars to them as soon as possible.”

Remember that both Boeing and Lockheed Martin submitted “safe” bids for COTS, and neither were selected.

From my perspective, the CCiCap program is not big enough to get the “how many states are you spreading the wealth to” type scrutiny. Those tend to be the big military contracts.

I think NASA will actually decide CCiCap based on the merit of the proposals, which is hard for losers to challenge (I’ve been on the winning side of DoD award challenges before). There are laws that govern this type of stuff, so while I may not agree with the outcome, I think it will be fair.

By: vulture4

vulture4 — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:12:44 +0000

I can’t imaging full support not going to SpaceX and Boeing, since they have the only credible designs. I would guess the .5 is for Sierra Nevada, possibly split with Blue Origin. But unless the total funding is raised to the Administration request ($850M) this is all a charade.

By: sftommy

sftommy — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:01:48 +0000

This reads as “behind the public eye” Congress is wed to Boeing and is rushing NASA to start sending tax-dollars to them as soon as possible. So which others gets selected and which gets dumped?