CST isn't a national security satellite.
Well, in light of this development:http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=34810.0either AV pursues a new engine it can acquire quickly, like TR-107, or CST-100 will be looking for a new ride.
Quote from: newpylong on 05/24/2014 03:09 pmCST isn't a national security satellite.True but do you believe there will be a contract extension and Atlas V continuing to fly unaltered for civil payloads when military payloads have switched?
"The vehicle includes five recliner seats, [...]"
Sen. Nelson was there, giving a speech and crawling inside the mockup, which the reporter described as "America’s next spaceship destined to carry humans". Were any U.S. Senators at the SpaceX unveiling? - Ed Kyle
>Technocrat spotted at the event Reps. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., Mike Honda, D-Calif., and Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., and Sens. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. Nearly all sit on committees that set policy or draft spending bills for NASA. The House Intelligence panel’s ranking Democrat, Maryland’s C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger, was also spotted.>
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Hoping for the best, but preparing for defeat, Boeing will send out about 215 potential layoff notices to employees currently working on its NASA CST-100 Commercial Crew program.The 60-day notices, required under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), are due to be distributed on June 20 to about 170 employees in Houston and 45 in Florida in case Boeing is not selected for an upcoming Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract, Boeing spokesman Adam Morgan told SpaceNews. “It’s just a standard way … to minimize potential business impact,” added John Mulholland, Boeing Commercial Crew program manager.
I don't think too much can be read into the WARN notices except that the people working on the CST-100 don't have immediate alternative internal job opportunities if they aren't awarded a CCtCap contract.
Quote from: Coastal Ron on 06/17/2014 04:27 pmI don't think too much can be read into the WARN notices except that the people working on the CST-100 don't have immediate alternative internal job opportunities if they aren't awarded a CCtCap contract.you can read into it the truth, the program was built on sandy soil. Remember "commercial" was to be a partner in the costs, and help carry the program. When SpaceX says the taxpayer is covering 80% of the costs of Dragon, & this announcement it just goes show the programs problems. Just saying
QuoteKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Hoping for the best, but preparing for defeat, Boeing will send out about 215 potential layoff notices to employees currently working on its NASA CST-100 Commercial Crew program.The 60-day notices, required under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), are due to be distributed on June 20 to about 170 employees in Houston and 45 in Florida in case Boeing is not selected for an upcoming Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract, Boeing spokesman Adam Morgan told SpaceNews. “It’s just a standard way … to minimize potential business impact,” added John Mulholland, Boeing Commercial Crew program manager.http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/40931boeing-preparing-layoff-notices-in-case-of-commercial-crew-loss
The 60-day notices, required under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), are due to be distributed on June 20 to about 170 employees in Houston and 45 in Florida in case Boeing is not selected for an upcoming Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract, Boeing spokesman Adam Morgan told SpaceNews.
Mulholland said “several hundred” employees currently work on the CST-100 program, including just under 100 in Florida.