ATK Plans Major Announcement About Liberty on Wednesday

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Los Angeles, May 8, 2012 (ATK PR) – ATK will be making a major announcement and providing
updates on its Liberty System, which provides the safest, most reliable capability to launch crews to low earth orbit for commercial space. The announcement will be made at the SpaceCraft Technology Expo in Los Angeles, California during the Liberty session.  

What:  Liberty Transportation System Session
Date:   Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Time:   4:30 – 5:30 p.m.  PDT
Where: Spacecraft Technology Expo
            L.A. Convention Center
            Room 1
Who:   Liberty’s program team and major element providers
Live Webcast:  http://www.spacevidcast.com/

Background

  • One year ago ATK introduced the Liberty Launch Vehicle as a provider for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
  • Since that time the Liberty team has accelerated system development, working closely with NASA under a Space Act Agreement through the Commercial Crew Program
  • ATK is providing the safest design and most reliable system by bringing together flight-proven subsystems, designed from inception, to meet NASA’s human-rating requirements.
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  • http://globalspin.com Chris Radcliff

    Whatever I may think of the Liberty design, I’m glad that ATK is moving it forward as a commercial option. That way it’ll live or die on its own merits, not the usual arbitrary decisions about jobs, export restrictions, or political grandstanding.

    ATK also went up a notch in my opinion by choosing Spacevidcast as the live media outlet for this announcement. That, more than any ‘commercial’ buzzwords, indicates they’re thinking seriously about the future of space settlement and the people who are making it happen.

  • Marcus Zottl

    I completely agree with Chris on this. Having a major company choosing spacevidcast for streaming such an event is a good sign.

    In addition I always liked the fact that they work with Astrium on the project for some long overdue transatlantic launcher cooperation.

  • Paul451

    “its Liberty System, which provides the safest, most reliable capability to launch crews to low earth orbit for commercial space.”

    It does? Errr, I was under the impression they hadn’t flown so much as a test flight, let alone built, let alone flown, a capsule. Seems somewhat premature to declare victory in a battle, when your ship hasn’t even been built.