Norm Hartnett - 27/7/2006 10:42 PMhttp://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06817r.pdf. As a result of its nonconcurrence, we are including as a matter for congressional consideration that the Congress should consider restricting NASA's appropriations and obligations for the CEV project to only the amount of funding necessary to successfully complete the project's preliminary design review."
...limiting the scope of the CEV contract would allow both NASA and Congress to assess the project's progress at the preliminary design review and to decide if continued investment in the project is prudent and in the best interest of the government.
Chris Bergin - 27/7/2006 4:55 PMWell, if you ask around, you'll find more people against the VSE than are for it. I don't know if that's traditional, and I'll only go on facts and documentation. They sure have major issues (mainly costs) to overcome, but we'll see. They'll be a few twists and turns to come, for sure.
publiusr - 18/8/2006 4:32 PMThe folks who hate VSE areBomb-disposal robots on Mars fansGAO space-haters (Proxmire types)Libertarian fraudsEELV huckstersOn the pro VSE side, we have the author of this work:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1563475391/104-4516873-9013515?n=283155http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._GriffinNo contest.
Jim - 18/8/2006 7:03 PMdon't lump me in the VSE haters group. I am pro EELV, pro small Delta II spacecraft and pro VSE. I am anti ESAS
Norm Hartnett - 27/7/2006 3:42 PMhttp://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06817r.pdf"We are recommending that the NASA Administrator modify the current CEV acquisition strategy to ensure that the agency does not commit itself, and in turn the federal government, to a long-term contractual obligation prior to establishing a sound business case at the project's preliminary design review. In written comments, NASA nonconcurred with our recommendation and stated that it has the appropriate level of knowledge to proceed with its current acquisition strategy. As a result of its nonconcurrence, we are including as a matter for congressional consideration that the Congress should consider restricting NASA's appropriations and obligations for the CEV project to only the amount of funding necessary to successfully complete the project's preliminary design review."
publiusr - 22/8/2006 7:00 PMO'Keefe is gone--you're just mad about that. He wasn't a spacecraft designer--Griffin is. So this joe-Q six-pack choses to support him.