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CEV-Orion contractor selected
Bill Harris
post Sep 1 2006, 03:09 PM
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From the New York Times:

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 Lockheed Martin won a multibillion-dollar contract from NASA on Thursday to build the nation's next spaceship for human flight, a craft called Orion that is to replace the space shuttle and eventually carry astronauts to the moon and beyond.


"Orion" is an odd name to have selected. That is a 1950's concept spacecraft powered by a series of atomic bombs exploding behind a blast shield attached to the ship. Too Dr Strangelove-ish for my tastes...

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- Bill Harris   CEV-Orion contractor selected   Sep 1 2006, 03:09 PM
- - dvandorn   Trust me, Bill, they didn't name Orion after t...   Sep 1 2006, 03:27 PM
|- - karolp   Or rather they named it after the fictional spaces...   Sep 1 2006, 07:55 PM
- - Myran   Ahh yes Raumpatrouille, remember that one, black...   Sep 2 2006, 06:16 PM
- - djellison   The choice of Lo-Mart for CEV was obvious once you...   Sep 2 2006, 06:42 PM
|- - Jim from NSF.com   QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 2 2006, 02:42 PM) ...   Sep 3 2006, 09:15 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Jim from NSF.com @ Sep 3 2006, 10...   Sep 3 2006, 06:22 PM
- - dvandorn   Interesting reversal, that. LockMart, IIRC, incor...   Sep 2 2006, 11:58 PM
|- - Jim from NSF.com   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Sep 2 2006, 07:58 PM) I...   Sep 3 2006, 09:16 AM
- - dvandorn   Thanks, Jim -- there have been so many mergers of ...   Sep 3 2006, 06:11 PM
- - nprev   Kind of feel sorry for NG...they rented a building...   Sep 3 2006, 06:25 PM
- - Drkskywxlt   I'm sure Lockheed is slathering at the mouth a...   Sep 5 2006, 01:51 PM
- - Steffen   The new capsule certainly looks huge !   Sep 15 2006, 09:36 AM

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