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Does this mean the "fix" is in for COTS? <br /><br />Sure sounds like it <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br />SpaceRef article....<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>PRESS RELEASE<br />Date Released: Wednesday, March 28, 2007<br />Source: Rocketplane Kistler<br /><br />Oklahoma City, OK, March 29, 2007 – Rocketplane Kistler, Inc. (RpK) announced today that a Space Act Agreement (SAA) has been established with the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to use NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans, LA for the assembly of the K-1 Space Transportation System.<br /><br />The agreement between NASA and RpK will employ up to 200 highly skilled workers at the Michoud facility, with another estimated 100 RpK subcontractor personnel residing in New Orleans during assembly and checkout phases.<br /><br />Randy Brinkley, President of RpK, said, "The NASA Michoud Assembly Facility has proven itself to have exceptional people and facilities. We are very pleased with the progress being made by the very talented team at Michoud. We hope the K-1 Space Transportation System is the first of many commercial space programs to utilize this unique facility."<br /><br />Lockheed Martin will assemble and perform system testing of both first and second stages of the K-1 Space Transportation System at MAF. Additionally, they will assemble and check out both the pressurized and un- pressurized cargo modules. These cargo modules will demonstrate RpK's ability to safely and reliably berth with the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) program. <br /> /><p><hr /></p></p></blockquote> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>