Author Topic: NASA.gov: Vote for what you believe is NASA's biggest accomplishment in 2009  (Read 5836 times)

Offline ugordan

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There was a second successful Falcon I launch this July. NASA has been a significant contributor to the development of the Falcon vehicles through the funding from the COTS program.

Jim can more accurately chime in on this, but I believe Falcon 1 development didn't benefit as much from COTS funding (aimed at F9/Dragon) as it did from DoD funding. COTS came later in F1 development life cycle.

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There was a second successful Falcon I launch this July. NASA has been a significant contributor to the development of the Falcon vehicles through the funding from the COTS program.

Jim can more accurately chime in on this, but I believe Falcon 1 development didn't benefit as much from COTS funding (aimed at F9/Dragon) as it did from DoD funding. COTS came later in F1 development life cycle.

I original thought the same thing. But I gather NASA funding is considerably greater than DoD funding even if it is later in the development cycle.
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1) Hubble Space Telescope serving mission.

2) Very little ET debris striking space shuttles.

3) 5 safe shuttle flights plus LON's.


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