Very Good Idea IMO.
Really, I doubt it's partisan. Most likely they just felt left out of the feeding trough.
Would this not bring SLS development to an utter stand still if they choose to pursue it further. Would this action not give more time for further disassembly of our infrastructure.
Quote from: agman25 on 06/02/2011 07:47 pmVery Good Idea IMO.Bids and competition are generally good things, but at times so is evolution. If this is going to be the tactic taken, just cancel the whole damn thing because it no longer becomes worth it given the lack of architecuture, destination(s), time tables, mission scopes.....leadership.
This just stink to high heaven OV there is no way around it. We are finally on the eve of a decision to move forward and these 2 jump out of the would work? I'm not buying it, both of these ladies are unfortunately my reps and I can tell you they do NOT have the best interest of the Space Program in mind.
Quote from: OV-106 on 06/02/2011 07:57 pmQuote from: agman25 on 06/02/2011 07:47 pmVery Good Idea IMO.Bids and competition are generally good things, but at times so is evolution. If this is going to be the tactic taken, just cancel the whole damn thing because it no longer becomes worth it given the lack of architecuture, destination(s), time tables, mission scopes.....leadership.How would it not be in the fiscal best interest of the American people at large for the SLS to be competitively bid?
As you know, this legislation directed the agency to construct a new human rated spacecraft by 2016 while utilizing existing contracts where "practicable." However, NASA itself has already concluded that such a plan is not practicable.
Moved to Space Policy and given it a better thread title, as it's important to know it's just two Senators, who aren't any influence compared to Hutchison and Nelson as noted in the thread.
Quote from: Pheogh on 06/02/2011 08:06 pmThis just stink to high heaven OV there is no way around it. We are finally on the eve of a decision to move forward and these 2 jump out of the would work? I'm not buying it, both of these ladies are unfortunately my reps and I can tell you they do NOT have the best interest of the Space Program in mind.You are wrong to characterize this as jumping out of the wood work. Aerojet has been making noises about this for quite some time:http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/os-nasa-is-flailing-20110116,0,795646.storyAerojet is well within its rights to challenge billions of taxpayer dollars being awarded to a competitor without any chance to compete.
Like I said taking on ATK head to head is not the way to do this.