Comments on: Could a contracting change jeopardize commercial crew?

By: Stuart

Stuart — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:45:56 +0000

I’ve just read an interesting article on http://www.parabolicarc.com/ today …Well, This is Interestingâ€¦.
by Doug Messier on April 11, 2013, at 3:02 pm.

I just wondered, has anyone else any thoughts on this. I’ve checked my calender and it definately isn’t April 1st.

If true I wonder if it goes against Nasa’s budget announcement, or conversely does it compliment?

By: NASA pushes ahead with contracting change for CCDev « NewSpace Journal

NASA pushes ahead with contracting change for CCDev « NewSpace Journal — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:46:34 +0000

[…] for CCDev In July, NASA alarmed much of the entrepreneurial space community when it announced it was considering shifting from a Space Act Agreement (SAA) approach to a something closer to a con… for the next round of its Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program. The first two rounds of […]

By: Boeing on test pilots, FAR-vs-SAA, and more « NewSpace Journal

Boeing on test pilots, FAR-vs-SAA, and more « NewSpace Journal — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:49:22 +0000

[…] the contracting mechanism and funding for the program. Last month NASA officials said they were tentatively planning to shift from a Space Act Agreement (SAA) to a contract that would still have some of the features of an SAA but also adhere to Federal Acquisition […]

By: CCDev contracting and funding concerns « NewSpace Journal

CCDev contracting and funding concerns « NewSpace Journal — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:24:17 +0000

[…] funding concerns Last week NASA officials raised alarm in some corners of the space industry about its proposal to shift from a pure Space Act Agreement (SAA) for the next Commercial Crew Development… towards a hybrid approach that incorporates elements of both an SAA and a traditional contract. Not […]

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Updates on SpaceX and Orbital’s COTS progress « NewSpace Journal — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:53:20 +0000

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By: Was der Shuttle konnte – und was kommen soll « Skyweek Zwei Punkt Null

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:02:31 +0000

[…] Anbieter in diesem doch eher speziellen Sektor des Raumtransportwesens aus. (China Daily 22., BBC, New Space Journal, CSM, New Scientist Blog, CNN Video 21., Spaceflight Now 19., Universe Today 15., NY Daily News 8., […]

By: Oh Bugger: NASA Contracts and CCDev

Oh Bugger: NASA Contracts and CCDev — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:24:05 +0000

[…] the whole article for the grisly details, but here’s the part that looks ugly for Commercial Crew. NASAâ€™s […]

By: John Ahrens

John Ahrens — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:06:24 +0000

Perhaps it’s time NASA allowed the federal organization tasked with regulating commercial spaceflight (FAA) to do it’s job, and not eliminate duplicate efforts of its own bureaucracy. They seem to trust the FAA in the case of commercial airflight.

By: Doug Mohney

Doug Mohney — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:07:32 +0000

Welll, the Russians did have the little issue of ramming one of their own spacecraft into Mir once upon a time, so I can kinda-sorta see why they brought the issue up.

I think it’s less of a show-stopper and more of a FUD-based issue because they’ve already cleared the Japanese and Europeans to dock.

By: Michael Listner

Michael Listner — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:26:39 +0000

Aside from the deficiencies that may be in the Space Act Agreement, there is the International Space Station Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA)and the leverage that the signatories, particularly the Russian Federation might exercise to stall or kill commercial space. The Russian Federation has a proven past of bullying the United States into letting it have its way when it comes to profiting from the ISS. Considering that it has already made waves about Space X docking its Dragon spacecraft to the ISS, it is likely to make even more demands of the United States when and if US companies gear up to transport astronauts and thus provide competition to the very lucrative monopoly that has fallen into the lap of the Russian Federation.