ASAP insist on NASA certification amid praise for SpaceX success

[yg1968]

2.  Certification was done with COTS/CRS under FAR. 

There was certification under COTS? I thought that COTS 2+ was still under SpaceX' SAA.

[Political Hack Wannabe]

YG1968 - I think technically the certification took place under the CRS part of the contract, which was FAR.  But you had parts of CRS and COTS occurring together. 

[Jim]

YG1968 - I think technically the certification took place under the CRS part of the contract, which was FAR.  But you had parts of CRS and COTS occurring together. 

COTS allow them to get paid for the certification

[yg1968]

YG1968 - I think technically the certification took place under the CRS part of the contract, which was FAR.  But you had parts of CRS and COTS occurring together. 

COTS allow them to get paid for the certification

Under an SAA or FAR?

[Jim]

SAA.  COTS allows Spacex and OSC to get paid for CRS cert under an SAA.   if there was another CRS participant, cert would be on their own dime.