“If the program is executed the way it has been planned, and the way Congress has laid out the authorization for execution of NASA’s plan, it should be a fairly smooth transition” from ATK’s current work on the Ares rocket, which has been cancelled by NASA, to work on the future heavy-lift rocket, ATK Chief Executive Mark W. DeYoung said in a Feb. 3 conference call with investors. “The view we have -- that ATK will play a critical role … in these future vehicles –- continues to solidify as time goes on. ATK’s position for next-generation NASA vehicles continues to improve.”
DeYoung said that in addition to working with Congress to assure an ATK role in the heavy-lift rocket, the company is positioning itself with NASA for future commercial space-launch business including commercial crew transport.“We submitted proposals in response to [NASA’s] Commercial Crew Development competition and plan to announce more details on an affordable and capable solution … in the near future,” DeYoung said.
http://spacenews.com/civil/110204-atk-bullish-its-heavy-lift-rocket-prospects.htmlQuoteDeYoung said that in addition to working with Congress to assure an ATK role in the heavy-lift rocket, the company is positioning itself with NASA for future commercial space-launch business including commercial crew transport.“We submitted proposals in response to [NASA’s] Commercial Crew Development competition and plan to announce more details on an affordable and capable solution … in the near future,” DeYoung said.
Quote from: 2552 on 02/04/2011 11:50 pmhttp://spacenews.com/civil/110204-atk-bullish-its-heavy-lift-rocket-prospects.htmlQuoteDeYoung said that in addition to working with Congress to assure an ATK role in the heavy-lift rocket, the company is positioning itself with NASA for future commercial space-launch business including commercial crew transport.“We submitted proposals in response to [NASA’s] Commercial Crew Development competition and plan to announce more details on an affordable and capable solution … in the near future,” DeYoung said. Well we now know what the CCD news was about ;)And there was little doubt about ATK trying to keep that foot in the door at NASA.
"Faced with congressional protest, NASA in January returned with a rocket design that uses a five-segment solid-rocket motor design that would provide the equivalent of Ares work for ATK. But whether NASA’s new design meets budget and schedule requirements set by Congress remains unclear. "
DeYoung said that in addition to working with Congress to assure an ATK role in the heavy-lift rocket, the company is positioning itself with NASA for future commercial space launch business, including commercial crew transport.“We submitted proposals in response to [NASA’s] Commercial Crew Development competition and plan to announce more details on an affordable and capable solution … in the near future,” DeYoung said.
Three letters: EPA, and what their upcoming perchlorate regularions will do to ATK's cost structure. The whole push for EPA to regulate perchlorates was groundwater contamination, which will probably affect most of the production cycle. Without detailed knowledge of how far up & down the chain EPA will go with those regs determining ATK's costs will be near impossible.Also keep in mind that the current crew at EPA has a particularly activist bent, and that flavor enviro activists were the ones pushing for perchlorate regs from page one.
They basically got into an investor conference line and quoted from it. Bet ATK won't be happy about that. That's like them rifling through their garbage for bank statements.
Quote from: 2552 on 02/04/2011 11:50 pmhttp://spacenews.com/civil/110204-atk-bullish-its-heavy-lift-rocket-prospects.htmlQuoteDeYoung said that in addition to working with Congress to assure an ATK role in the heavy-lift rocket, the company is positioning itself with NASA for future commercial space-launch business including commercial crew transport.“We submitted proposals in response to [NASA’s] Commercial Crew Development competition and plan to announce more details on an affordable and capable solution … in the near future,” DeYoung said. Well we now know what the CCD news was about And there was little doubt about ATK trying to keep that foot in the door at NASA.
I'm just curious... Who exactly are these "Investors" in the HLV? Can anyone here, identify who it is that they're talking about?
I am curious to see if Aerojet makes a serious push with its ASRM and wonder what state of completeion it was in when it was cancelled. It looks like a much more capable booster.Would be interesting if they way underbid them.
ATK also owns Federal cartridge company. They should sell far more ammo to the Army than to the shooting sports community. Don't know what precentage of their profits are from Federal than from solid rockets. Also don't think there are many calls for ICBM's. Only mass produced are the small strap on's for Delta IV. Does anyone know if they have ever made or can make a large monolithic solid, say a 3 or 4 meter diameter other than ICBM's? If so, it would make handling a lot easier. Also, could 3 or 4 meter monolithic solids replace the segmented solids on the shuttle tank core? That might put them back in the game at a lower cost.
Quote from: docmordrid on 03/03/2011 03:43 amThree letters: EPA, and what their upcoming perchlorate regularions will do to ATK's cost structure. The whole push for EPA to regulate perchlorates was groundwater contamination, which will probably affect most of the production cycle. Without detailed knowledge of how far up & down the chain EPA will go with those regs determining ATK's costs will be near impossible.Also keep in mind that the current crew at EPA has a particularly activist bent, and that flavor enviro activists were the ones pushing for perchlorate regs from page one.What EPA is proposing encompasses drinking water standards. Unless ATK runs a POTW, it does not affect them at all.I work in the environmental field and have tried to explain this but people keep reading in what they want to. Just keep ignoring the guy who does this for a living.