http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/07/31/commercial-crew-announcement-this-week/#more-41471Nice speculation here about the awards: ..."I had heard from a source during the NewSpace 2012 Conference that NASA’s announcement had been delayed from July because White House officials are not happy with one of the awards. It’s not clear precisely what that means, but speculation has focused on the possibility of ATK receiving an award for its Ares I-derived Liberty system."
Hope I'm not the source for Lurio . . . I'm just guessing.
Quote from: uko on 08/01/2012 08:45 amhttp://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/07/31/commercial-crew-announcement-this-week/#more-41471Nice speculation here about the awards: ..."I had heard from a source during the NewSpace 2012 Conference that NASA’s announcement had been delayed from July because White House officials are not happy with one of the awards. It’s not clear precisely what that means, but speculation has focused on the possibility of ATK receiving an award for its Ares I-derived Liberty system."Emphasis on speculation. If any of this rumor (the White House meddling part) is true, than whoever loses has grounds for all manner of appeal, not to mention political haymaking during an election year. That's why I don't believe this rumor. - Ed Kyle
Quote from: yg1968 on 08/01/2012 01:27 pmGerst is the selecting officer. If he decides that ATK gets full funding, it gets full funding. The White House (or even Bolden for that matter) cannot undo his selections. The only thing that the White House can do about it is delay the announcement or perhaps renegotiate the deal with Wolf to have four providers instead of three. If NASA has actually chosen ATK, I hope that it is not for political reasons or because it is launching from KSC or because it has commonality with SLS/MPCV. But given NASA's past history, I am not too confident that Gerst decisions will be based solely on business and technical merits as it should be. If that is the case, I can understand the White House being unhappy about one of Gerst's selections. Gerst must have know how the White House would react ahead of time. The White House doesn't think of the commercial crew program as an SLS/MPCV supplement program. I have heard only good things spoken about Gerstenmeier. Any decisions made purely on business and technical merit will probably - over time, at least - be accepted.
Gerst is the selecting officer. If he decides that ATK gets full funding, it gets full funding. The White House (or even Bolden for that matter) cannot undo his selections. The only thing that the White House can do about it is delay the announcement or perhaps renegotiate the deal with Wolf to have four providers instead of three. If NASA has actually chosen ATK, I hope that it is not for political reasons or because it is launching from KSC or because it has commonality with SLS/MPCV. But given NASA's past history, I am not too confident that Gerst decisions will be based solely on business and technical merits as it should be. If that is the case, I can understand the White House being unhappy about one of Gerst's selections. Gerst must have know how the White House would react ahead of time. The White House doesn't think of the commercial crew program as an SLS/MPCV supplement program.
Gerst is accountable for his decisions. If he made his decisions based on business and technical merits, he has nothing to worry about.
Quote from: anonymous1138 on 08/01/2012 01:50 pmQuote from: yg1968 on 08/01/2012 01:27 pmGerst is the selecting officer. If he decides that ATK gets full funding, it gets full funding. The White House (or even Bolden for that matter) cannot undo his selections. The only thing that the White House can do about it is delay the announcement or perhaps renegotiate the deal with Wolf to have four providers instead of three. If NASA has actually chosen ATK, I hope that it is not for political reasons or because it is launching from KSC or because it has commonality with SLS/MPCV. But given NASA's past history, I am not too confident that Gerst decisions will be based solely on business and technical merits as it should be. If that is the case, I can understand the White House being unhappy about one of Gerst's selections. Gerst must have know how the White House would react ahead of time. The White House doesn't think of the commercial crew program as an SLS/MPCV supplement program. I have heard only good things spoken about Gerstenmeier. Any decisions made purely on business and technical merit will probably - over time, at least - be accepted. Let’s all try and be kind to him. Have a feeling some will throw the mud all over regarding this civil servant.
I am not too confident that Gerst decisions will be based solely on business and technical merits as it should be. [...] I always thought of Gerst as a common sense kind of guy.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2012/release-20120801.html
Quote from: rdale on 08/01/2012 06:27 pmhttp://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2012/release-20120801.htmlIt looks like your friday prediction was a good one, Wayne.
way to go RDALE!!!
Quote from: BrightLight on 08/01/2012 06:41 pmway to go RDALE!!!Nice call. I think ATK's Liberty and SpaceX will get full funding! Not sure about partial...
