11:01 a.m. Here we go….
Chris Chavez — ULA Communications
Ed Mango, NASA Commercial Crew Development program manager
Dr. George Sowers, vice president, ULA business development
George Sowers
— very busy week and year at ULA — 52 consecutive launches — latest one a GPS satellite on Saturday
— five science launches this year — capped off by Mars Science Lab….
Details:
an unfunded Space Act Agreement to collect technical information from ULA on the use of Atlas V for commercial crew….NASA will provide feedback on human space mission requirements…..
Unfunded SAA — both sides will make own contributions, no funds from NASA to ULA or from ULA to NASA
program will last through the end of the year…
ULA putting a significant amount of money into it….potential for a lot of jobs at various ULA sites in Colorado, Alabama and Florida depending upon what happens in Washington……CCDev program….
Mango:
NASA will be creating a team on its side to work on the project….create an integrated team…
NASA team will include 30 engineers, 4-6 full-time….contributions from Marshall, Ames, KSC and JSC….
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