PanetSpace update

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<p>&nbsp;</p><strong><font size="3"><p>PLANETSPACE HAS FILED WITH THE GAO A PROTEST TO THE SELECTION DECISION OF NASA UNDER THE ISS COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY SERVICES (CRS) COMPETITION </p><p>Chicago, </p><p>Full pdf link</p><p>http://www.planetspace.org/pdf/PressRelease011509.pdf</p></font></strong>

 

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<h3 class="story">NASA awards to space station cargo haulers on hold</h3><p class="story"><span style="color:#666">CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Jan. 15, 2009 (Reuters) &mdash; </span>NASA is suspending contract awards to two firms selected to fly cargo to the International Space Station after a third contender formally protested the outcome of the competition, officials said on Thursday.</p><p class="story">Full article</p><p class="story">http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50f0ji-us-space-station-contractors</p>

 

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Reading it the protest is more aimed at Orbital than SpaceX. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

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I hope the GAO tosses it out rapidly and Planetspace doesn't decide to screw things up by litigating it further. The reason for OSC being selected made perfect sense in that Planetspaces proposal looked like a good way to end up with another RPK type failure. Any unforeseen costs would have bankrupted the proposal they made and since the subcontractors were on a cost plus basis, they'd have made out well no matter how Planetspace faired. There were way to many risks. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font size="2" color="#0000ff">""Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." --Albert Einstein"</font></p> </div>