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Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) and Ranking Democrat Ralph M. Hall (D-TX) recently sent a letter to NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, expressing their "deep concern with NASA's current approach to the Orbital Space Plane (OSP) Program," and urging O'Keefe to "defer the current program until the inter-agency space review is completed, approved by the President, and thoroughly vetted with the Congress." Boehlert and Hall warned, "Without such consensus on a shared vision…public support for the Nation's civilian space program will inevitably founder." The Members outlined two primary concerns in their letter, a copy of which is attached to this release. First, that "NASA is proceeding with OSP development before we - the Congress, the White House, and NASA - have reached any agreement either on appropriate NASA goals for human space flight beyond the International Space Station, or on the extent to which OSP is an appropriate approach to support those goals." Second, "given NASA's current cost estimates for the program, the OSP five-year budget plan that accompanied the FY 2004 NASA budget request is clearly no longer credible."
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And Then There Were Two
Denver - Oct 16, 2003Lockheed Martin and Orbital Sciences have amalgamated their bid for the NASA's proposed Orbital Space Plane (OSP). Lockheed Martin will lead the team as the system prime contractor. Northrop Grumman's role will be as principal teammate while Orbital Sciences Corporation will serve as teammate and subcontractor. NASA is expected to choose a prime contractor team by August 2004 for full-scale development of an OSP. NASA's Orbital Junk Truck
Honolulu - Oct 09, 2003It sounds like an idea from a third-rate TV movie writes Jeff Bell. A multi-billion dollar spacecraft, specifically designed for the task of returning 40 tons of broken gyroscopes and burned-out electronics from outer space every year to soft landings on Earth. Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Team Up For Orbital Transport Bid
Denver - Sep 30, 2003Lockheed Martin's Space Systems Company and Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector have have agreed to establish a teaming arrangement to compete for the full-scale development of NASA's proposed Orbital Space Plane (OSP) NASA Completes Orbital Space Plane Design Review 
Huntsville - Sep 24, 2003NASA's Orbital Space Plane (OSP) program is one step closer to becoming the nation's next space vehicle with the successful completion of its Systems Requirements Review. The review evaluated the vehicle's concept design for providing crew rescue and transfer for the International Space Station. |
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