Interesting.Out of curiosity, how is this work being paid for?
Good article. Always happy to see coverage of the "other commercial" vehicles on NSF.I am a little confused though: will Boeing be using OPF for final assembly of CST, just vehicle processing, or both?
Can they keep the slits which allowed the orbiter's vertical stabilizer clearance to enter the OPF...just as a reminder that "Orbiters were once here"?If it doesn't interfere with anything.
KSC’s “wish list” is for all three OPFs to house new vehicles, namely CST-100, as already agreed, Dream Chaser in OPF-2 and the US Air Force’s X-37B in OPF-1.
Boeing has finalized an agreement with Space Florida to use a processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to build the Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft, an important step toward restoring the United States’ ability to launch humans into space. Pictured here is the low bay of the former Orbiter Processing Facility-3. Renamed the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF), the building will be modernized to meet requirements to build the Boeing CST-100 capsule.
[...]“Boeing and Space Florida continue our partnership in repurposing excess NASA facilities for future use by Boeing’s Commercial Crew Program,” said Frank Dibello, president and CEO, Space Florida. “With phase one complete, we look forward to finishing the next phase of facility modification.”Space Florida is the state’s independent agency for aerospace development. Phase one of the C3PF renovation was completed in February; phase two began in September with improvements including technology upgrades to the environmental and electrical systems and reflooring the facility. Boeing expects to move into C3PF in spring 2014.[...]