Most of the funding is for certification.
Still interested in how they explain paying one contract 60% more than the other for the same service.
Quote from: BeanEstimator on 09/16/2014 09:01 pm...where to begin...how about, where is this money coming from? are they telling me that the FY15 PBR will fund this selection and contract adequately? really?...www.nasa.gov/budgetCCP fy13 actual 525.0fy 14 enact 696.0fy15 request 848.3fy16 notional 872.3fy17 notional 791.7fy18 notional 730.9fy19 notional 172.0 It appears from the follow on conference that the figures are the max amounts if all six flights are taken up. So, the amounts up to 2017 should be somewhat less than that.
...where to begin...how about, where is this money coming from? are they telling me that the FY15 PBR will fund this selection and contract adequately? really?...www.nasa.gov/budgetCCP fy13 actual 525.0fy 14 enact 696.0fy15 request 848.3fy16 notional 872.3fy17 notional 791.7fy18 notional 730.9fy19 notional 172.0
Do we have a discussion thread for this yet?
Quote from: Ludus on 09/16/2014 09:27 pmStill interested in how they explain paying one contract 60% more than the other for the same service.Because Boeing asked for more and SpaceX asked for less.
NASA Chooses American Companies to Transport U.S. Astronauts to International Space Station SelectionThe contracts include at least one crewed flight test per company with at least one NASA astronaut aboard to verify the fully integrated rocket and spacecraft system can launch, maneuver in orbit, and dock to the space station, as well as validate all its systems perform as expected. Once each company’s test program has been completed successfully and its system achieves NASA certification, each contractor will conduct at least two, and as many as six, crewed missions to the space station. These spacecraft also will serve as a lifeboat for astronauts aboard the station.
Quote from: AnalogMan on 09/16/2014 08:53 pmNASA Chooses American Companies to Transport U.S. Astronauts to International Space Station SelectionThe contracts include at least one crewed flight test per company with at least one NASA astronaut aboard to verify the fully integrated rocket and spacecraft system can launch, maneuver in orbit, and dock to the space station, as well as validate all its systems perform as expected. Once each company’s test program has been completed successfully and its system achieves NASA certification, each contractor will conduct at least two, and as many as six, crewed missions to the space station. These spacecraft also will serve as a lifeboat for astronauts aboard the station.I am reading it as at least one person on board, all NASA astronauts. Maybe I am wrong.Per the above, only one NASA astronaut is required on the first crewed demo flight. The others can be company employees.
Quote from: DanielW on 09/16/2014 08:27 pmSelection Rationale will not be provided today. :-( ...nor any other day. USA is learning from the UK...start in front then shoot both barrels into foot. Such an opportunity missed.
Selection Rationale will not be provided today. :-(
Which ought to result in Boeing being offered the opportunity to take half the contract at the SpaceX bid price or leave the entire 4.4 B contract to SpaceX saving 2.4B. It's not like 2.4B is peanuts relative to the NASA budget.
Guests back on.Sorry about that. Had to do it as the site was being hammered. No use to anyone if the site goes down under massive demand, so that ensures we stay up.
Quote from: Ludus on 09/16/2014 09:44 pmWhich ought to result in Boeing being offered the opportunity to take half the contract at the SpaceX bid price or leave the entire 4.4 B contract to SpaceX saving 2.4B. It's not like 2.4B is peanuts relative to the NASA budget.No, the requirement is for two suppliers and not just funding the most popular one.
