CEV Phase I Contracts Extended... a month

[crix]

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=19373<br /><br />Everyone here probably reads spaceref daily but I thought I'd post it here anyway.<br /><br />Hmm, is this to do with the .5m diameter reduction? I have a fuzzy memory of reading of the 5m diameter addendum a long time ago so maybe that's already in both teams' designs. The two allowed phase I extensions could push phase II contractor selection to the eve of '07... let's hope NASA can decide by August.<br /><br />I guess this means that we won't have any new CEV design details until late next month at the earliest.

 

[subzero788]

I think that's an old image released in sept '05, before the size reduction.

 

[ragnorak]

<br />It's actually a lot longer, till 31 December potentially if you read the NASA web site news release. <br /><br />I think they are having to invetsigate the interaction between CEV and its launch vehicle and probably having to tie up deals on CLV work.<br /><br />This makes sense if you believe this;<br /><br />http://62.189.48.33/Articles/2006/03/28/Navigation/200/205665/Michoud+facility+to+build+elements+of+NASA%e2%80%99s+CEV.html<br />

 

[no_way]

funny how the word "delayed" gets translated into "extended" in press releases

 

[crix]

I mentioned that. The report says there are options for extensions to that date, but an August selection time frame is reported as 'likely.'<br /><br />Is there an echo? <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[radarredux]

> <i><font color="yellow">That is because nothing has been delayed. Phase 1 was extended and the award date is still August 06.</font>/i><br /><br />I have been on many government contracts with multiple phases where one phase is designed with options to bridge funding to the next phase. For example, one SBIR contract had a phase I with $75K and an option of $25K, but you only received the $25K option if you were awarded the second phase. I think the idea is to keep the team together during the delays associated with getting a second phase contract in place (we once had ~6 month delay from announcement that we won a phase II and the time the contract was actually executed).</i>

 

[kumbarov]

Hey guys what do you think about this article http://www.space.com/adastra/adastra_mega-modules2_051013.html