Denies blue origin nasa lunar lander2/27/2024 ![]() But had it been up to NASA, than no second lander was needed. Third example: it was efforts by senators Cantwell and Wicker that led to NASA now solliciting for a second HLS provider. It took just one phone call in which Shelby threatened to defund an entire NASA program, if they didn't clam up about depots. Another example: how any talk at NASA, about using depots in the "return to Moon" efforts, was shot down by Shelby. ![]() Fine example: how senator Shelby shot down Bridenstine's efforts, to get Orion flying on another launcher. Such influence is mostly exerted thru the politically appointed NASA administrators. That is a great time to get crucial decisions made, without unwanted intervention/influencing by folks like Shelby, Cantwell, Wicker, etc. Jim Bridenstine was no longer in office, and Bill Nelson was not yet in office. It was the interim NASA management, in between the stints of Jim Bridenstine and Bill Nelson, who awarded Option A to SpaceX. IMO the reason that US Congress was in no position to directly/indirectly influence the decision for HLS Option A, was because Option A was awarded during the limbo period in-between two NASA administrators. Their own reporting said that there is no market to sustain a second HLS provider in the long run, unlike for example the situation at CCP.Įmphasis mine. But had it been up to NASA, no second lander was needed. ![]() But the technical info will be hot on the heals of pencils-down by all the competitors.Įmphasis mine. So, right now the only thing Blue has for release is congress-feeding charts. When the final submission deadline has passed and everyone has submitted proposals, we can likely expect to see a lot more info about the various architecture changes for all of the primes since App-H. This is why there has been complete radio silence from Blue NT, Dynetics, and all of the others for quite a while on the technical side. Even the *teaming* arrangements were considered competition-sensitive info-see how we just now today received confirmation that NG is working with Dynetics. App-P is considered a must-win by pretty much every member of every prime team, and every last piece of information that constitutes any sort of competitive edge (whether technical, business case, schedule, etc) has been jealously guarded. ![]() While the immediate information available from Blue contains a lot of 'companies in these districts' flavor, it's also important to remember the intense secrecy that all of the primes have been working App-N and App-P under for the last year.
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