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Counting the Costs of EELV
Delta IV HeavyCredit : Space.comThe GAO has released its annual Defense Acquisitions Assessment of Selected Weapons Programs report(PDF), and as usual, it portrays a defense establishment which seems...
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SpaceX and ULA Offer Competing Views in Senate Hearing
Ready to CompeteCredit: SpaceX The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee held a sub-committee hearing this morning to examine changes taking place in the Department of Defense Evolved Expendable Launch...
View ArticleAnnual GAO Report Highlights Exploding Costs of EELV
“Over the past year, the 80 programs of the 2013 portfolio have grown by a total of $12.6 billion, a net cost increase nearly all attributable to the significant procurement cost associated with one...
View ArticleNew GAO Report Blasts NASA’s Accounting for SLS/Orion
The GAO has released a new report, which is harshly critical of NASA’s accounting procedures for the Space Launch System, Orion spacecraft, and the ground systems being built to handle them. The...
View ArticleSierra Nevada Lodges GAO Protest Over Dream Chaser Loss
Image Credit: Sierra Nevada Corporation On Friday, Sierra Nevada Corporation lodged a formal complaint with the GAO regarding its loss with the Dream Chaser spaceplane in NASA’s Commercial Crew...
View ArticleGAO Denies SNC Dream Chaser Protest
Dream Deferred: Image Credit SNC The New Year did not bring good news for Sierra Nevada and its Dream Chaser space plane. As most expected would be the case, the GAO notified SNC that it is denying the...
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Why SpaceX, Boeing Won and Dream Chaser Lost: NASA’s Source Selection Explained
Following the GAO’s denial of bid protest lodged by Sierra Nevada Corporation on January 5, NASA released late last week, a redacted version of its Source Selection Statement for the final phase of...
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