NASA-ATK Agreement Could Accelerate Commercial Crew
Saying that it “could accelerate the availability of U.S. commercial crew transportation capabilities,” NASA revealed today that it will make an announcement next week about an agreement with Alliant Techsystems (ATK).
The tantalizing press release states, however, that the announcement on Tuesday at 3:00 pm EDT will be made at Kennedy Space Center’s press center, but not carried on NASA TV. This is quite unusual. NASA routinely holds press conferences that air on NASA TV and media teleconferences that are carried on NASA’s newsaudio site. For unexplained reasons, only “highlights” of this announcement will be available on NASA’s TV Video File segment.
Participants are Ed Mango, NASA’s commercial crew program manager; Kent Rominger, ATK Aerospace’s vice president for strategy and business development; and John Schumacher, EADS North America’s vice president for space programs.
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