Author Topic: On Atlantis’ anniversary, USA’s future space fleet closing in on maiden flights  (Read 6314 times)

Offline Chris Bergin

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/07/americas-future-space-fleet-maiden-flights/

Something I've thrown together to give all the vehicles an update, with relevance to today's anniversary of Atlantis closing out the Shuttle Program:

Epic L2 renders from Nathan Koga, of course.  8)
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Thanks for keeping us well informed!  You're so  8)
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Interesting news and of course interesting how people mention SLS delays but don't notice that the commercial companies have slipped as much.

They still get paid despite slips, when he contracts should have had late delivery penalties.
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Interesting news and of course interesting how people mention SLS delays but don't notice that the commercial companies have slipped as much.

They still get paid despite slips, when he contracts should have had late delivery penalties.

The commercial crew program was underfunded in the first few years, when you compare the budget requests to what was approved by Congress.  This can't help but be a factor in their schedule slips.
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Man, the years go by fast... :o :( Thanks for the great article Chris and Nathan for the "space squadron" artwork! :)
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Shamelessly sharing article on every social media site I use. Great article, Chris.
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Interesting news and of course interesting how people mention SLS delays but don't notice that the commercial companies have slipped as much.

They still get paid despite slips, when he contracts should have had late delivery penalties.

No they don't get paid for slips.  It is fixed price

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Interesting news and of course interesting how people mention SLS delays but don't notice that the commercial companies have slipped as much.

They still get paid despite slips, when he contracts should have had late delivery penalties.

The commercial crew program was underfunded in the first few years, when you compare the budget requests to what was approved by Congress.  This can't help but be a factor in their schedule slips.

OIG has pointed out the majority of the slips have been technical in nature, and not due to funding.

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