Updates NASA Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap)

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Parabolic Arc: Bolden: Commercial Crew Awards Expected in Mid-July:
During a press conference this morning about a NASA-FAA agreement on commercial crew oversight, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden was asked about the agency’s plans for awarding the next phase of the program.

Bolden said the agency fully expects to announce the winners of the Commercial Crew integrated Capability (CCiCap) round in mid-July. The awards, which will cover all aspects of commercial vehicle development, will last for 21 months.

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Parabolic Arc: Has NASA Decided to Continue Funding Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser?:
Sierra Nevada Corporation has ramped up the hiring process for its Dream Chaser program in advance of a scheduled NASA announcement of the next round of commercial crew funding. Dream Chaser is in the running for additional development funds.

The company held jobs fairs in Houston and Cocoa Beach, Florida last week specifically to recruit employees for Dream Chaser. The interesting aspects here are both the specificity of the recruitment (for Dream Chaser) and the timing. The press release announcing the recruitment sessions was distributed via PRNewswire on July 6, only four days before the event in Houston and six days before the one in Florida.

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NASA is expected to announce the new round of funding soon, with two programs receiving full awards and a third receiving half an award. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said several week ago that an announcement could be made in mid-July, which means it could come this week. However, NASA has not yet publicly set a date for the announcement.

Agreements between NASA and funded commercial crew companies are finalized in advance of the public announcement, which indicates the company might already have been notified and is seeking to fill positions that it will need to create.

On the other hand, this could be precautionary to ensure that if the company does receive an award, the human resources department is set to begin recruitment right away.

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Parabolic Arc: Commercial Crew Announcement this Week?:
Charles Lurio of The Lurio Report has emailed me [Doug Messier] saying that he has heard from a very reliable source that NASA will announce the next round of commercial crew funding on Thursday or Friday. This is no independent verification of this report.

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NASA News Release:
MEDIA ADVISORY : M12-143
NASA to Announce New Agreements for Next Phase of Commercial Crew Development


Aug. 1, 2012

WASHINGTON -- NASA will issue a news release to announce new agreements with industry partners for its Commercial Crew integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative at 9 a.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 3. At 10 a.m. NASA will host a news briefing from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website. NASA also will host a follow-up teleconference for media representatives with detailed questions at 10:45 a.m., immediately following the briefing.

Through CCiCap, NASA is stimulating the private sector to develop and demonstrate human spaceflight capabilities that could ultimately lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for both commercial and government customers.

CCiCap is an initiative of NASA's Commercial Crew Program and a priority of the Obama Administration. The objective of the program is to facilitate the development of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability with the goal of achieving safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from low Earth orbit and the International Space Station. After the capability is matured, NASA could purchase commercial services to meet its space station crew transportation needs.

Televised news briefing participants at Kennedy are:
  • NASA Administrator Charles Bolden
  • Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana
  • Commercial Crew Program Manager Ed Mango

News teleconference participants are:
  • Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Directorate William Gerstenmaier
  • Director for Commercial Spaceflight Development Philip McAlister
  • Deputy Manager for Commercial Crew Program Brent Jett

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Parabolic Arc: NASA to Announce Commercial Crew Winners on Friday

Florida Today: NASA to announce commercial crew awards Friday
 

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While it isn't 'official' it is certainly reliable and a very likely rumor that this is true.
The winners of the CCIAP selection is Boeing's CST-100, SNC's Dream Chaser, and SpaceX's Dragon Capsule

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Teams headed by the Boeing Co., SpaceX and Sierra Nevada Corp. will be receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from NASA over the next 21 months for further development of spaceships capable of transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station, knowledgeable sources told NBC News today.
NASA is to make the official announcement of the winning commercial teams on Friday morning — but NBC News' Cape Canaveral correspondent, Jay Barbree, received word from two sources who were informed of the decision in advance, on condition of anonymity. The sources did not discuss how much money any of the companies would be receiving.
 

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Not a huge surprise ;)

I hope that Minishuttle will fly, still my favorite.
 

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Hold that note, there's conflicting reports. Hearing that it might be SNC and Boeing that got the full awards, and SpaceX got the partial.
 

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Candrea Thomas
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RELEASE: 12-263

NASA ANNOUNCES NEXT STEPS IN EFFORT TO LAUNCH AMERICANS FROM U.S. SOIL

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Friday announced new agreements with
three American commercial companies to design and develop the next
generation of U.S. human spaceflight capabilities, enabling a launch
of astronauts from U.S. soil in the next five years. Advances made by
these companies under newly signed Space Act Agreements through the
agency's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative
are intended to ultimately lead to the availability of commercial
human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers.â?¬

CCiCap partners are:

-- Sierra Nevada Corporation, Louisville, Colo., $212.5 million
-- Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), Hawthorne, Calif., $440
million
-- The Boeing Company, Houston, $460 million


"Today, we are announcing another critical step toward launching our
astronauts from U.S. soil on space systems built by American
companies," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said at the agency's
Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "We have selected three companies
that will help keep us on track to end the outsourcing of human
spaceflight and create high-paying jobs in Florida and elsewhere
across the country."

CCiCap is an initiative of NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) and an
administration priority. The objective of the CCP is to facilitate
the development of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation
capability with the goal of achieving safe, reliable and
cost-effective access to and from the International Space Station and
low Earth orbit. After the capability is matured and expected to be
available to the government and other customers, NASA could contract
to purchase commercial services to meet its station crew
transportation needs.

The new CCiCAP agreements follow two previous initiatives by NASA to
spur the development of transportation subsystems, and represent the
next phase of U.S. commercial human space transportation, in which
industry partners develop crew transportation capabilities as fully
integrated systems. Between now and May 31, 2014, NASA's partners
will perform tests and mature integrated designs. This would then set
the stage for a future activity that will launch crewed orbital
demonstration missions to low Earth orbit by the middle of the
decade.

"For 50 years American industry has helped NASA push boundaries,
enabling us to live, work and learn in the unique environment of
microgravity and low Earth orbit," said William Gerstenmaier,
associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations
Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "The benefits
to humanity from these endeavors are incalculable. We're counting on
the creativity of industry to provide the next generation of
transportation to low Earth orbit and expand human presence, making
space accessible and open for business."

While NASA works with U.S. industry partners to develop commercial
spaceflight capabilities to low Earth orbit, the agency also is
developing the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) and the Space
Launch System (SLS), a crew capsule and heavy-lift rocket to provide
an entirely new capability for human exploration. Designed to be
flexible for launching spacecraft for crew and cargo missions, SLS
and Orion MPCV will expand human presence beyond low Earth orbit and
enable new missions of exploration across the solar system.

For more information about NASA's Commercial Crew Program, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew


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This was what I thought to be the result.... until a sudden push of Liberty seems all but certain for the last few weeks. Doesn't look like that changed anything though...
 

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Really hoping Dream Chaser flies.. I want to hear sonic booms again.
 

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-- Sierra Nevada Corporation, Louisville, Colo., $212.5 million
-- Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), Hawthorne, Calif., $440 million
-- The Boeing Company, Houston, $460 million

Winners for the selection with the amount of money. Very fair amount each. CST-100 got the most.
 

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Well, now make those things fly for good, as the manned space taxis they are supposed to be.

Because currently USA is still in the so-called "Shuttle Gap", buying Soyuz-TMA-M seats to the Russian Federation (who would have imagined that 25 years ago ?)...
 

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  • A Closer Look at Boeing’s CCiCAP Milestones

    Boeing CCiCAP Base Milestones
    No.​
    |
    Description​
    |
    Date​
    |
    Amount​
    1.​
    | Integrated System Review. Boeing shall conduct an Integrated Systems Review (ISR) which establishes and demonstrates a baseline design of the Commercial Crew Transportation System (CCTS) integrated vehicle and operations that meets system requirements.|
    August 2012​
    |
    $50 Million​
    2.​
    | Production Design Review. Boeing shall conduct a Production Design Review which establishes the baseline plan, equipment, and infrastructure for performing the manufacture, assembly, and acceptance testing of the CST-100 spacecraft.|
    October 2012​
    |
    $51.7 Million​
    3.​
    | Safety Review Board. Boeing shall prepare and conduct a Phase 1 Safety Review of the CCTS Preliminary Design Review (PDR) level requirements, vehicle architecture and design, and associated safety products to assess conformance with NASA Crew Transportation System certification process (PDR-level products).|
    November 2012​
    |
    $25.2 Million​
    4.​
    | Software Integrated Engineering Release 2.0. Boeing shall demonstrate the software release [REDACTED] closed loop with guidance, Navigation & Control (GN &C) for the flight ascent phase.|
    January 2013​
    |
    $20.4 Million​
    5.​
    | Landing & Recovery / Ground Communication Design Review. Boeing shall conduct a Landing & Recovery / Ground Communication Design Review which establishes the baseline plan, for equipment, and infrastructure for conducting CST-100 spacecraft flight operations fulfilling both ground communications and landing and recovery operations.|
    January 2013​
    |
    $28.8 Million​
    6.​
    | Launch Vehicle Adapter (LVA) Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The LVA PDR demonstrates that the preliminary design meets requirements with acceptable risk and within the cost and schedule constraints and establishes the basis for proceeding with detailed design.|
    February 2013​
    |
    $45.5 Million​
    7.​
    | Integrated Stack Force and Moment Wind Tunnel Test. Boeing shall develop a test matrix, fabricate the necessary test models, and perform an integrated launch vehicle force and moment wind tunnel test to validate predictions on integrated Crew Module (CM)/Service Module (SM)/Launch Vehicle (LV) stack for ascent.|
    April 2013​
    |
    $37.8 Million​
    8.​
    | Dual Engine Centaur (DEC) Liquid Oxygen Duct Development Test. Boeing shall complete a Dual Engine Centaur Liquid Oxygen Duct Development Test.|
    May 2013​
    |
    $21.5 Million​
    9.​
    | Orbital Maneuvering and Attitude Control (OMAC) Engine Development Test. Boeing shall complete the OMAC Engine development test to support component, subsystem and CST-100 vehicle level development.|
    July 2013​
    |
    $50.2 Million​
    10.​
    | Spacecraft Primary Structures Critical Design Review (CDR). A Spacecraft Primary Structures CDR confirms that the requirements, detailed designs, and plans for test and evaluation form a satisfactory basis for fabrication, assembly and structural testing.|
    October 2013​
    |
    $8.6 Million​
    11.​
    | Service Module Propulsion System Critical Design Review. Boeing shall perform a Service Module (SM) Propulsion System Critical Design Review (CDR) after major SM Propulsion components have completed their individual CDR. CDR confirms that the requirements, detailed designs, and plans for test and evaluation form a satisfactory basis for production and integration.|
    November 2013​
    |
    $7.5 Million​
    12.​
    | Mission Control Center Interface Demonstration Test. The Mission Control Center (MCC) Interface Demonstration Test demonstrates the linkage between the MCC and the Boeing Avionics Software Integration Facility which is a precursor to integrated simulation capability for flight operations training.|
    September 2013​
    |
    $7.9 Million​
    13.​
    | Launch Vehicle Adapter Critical Design Review. Boeing shall complete a Launch Vehicle Adapter (LVA) Critical Design Review (CDR). CDR confirms that the requirements, detailed designs, and plans for test and evaluation form a satisfactory basis for production and integration.|
    September 2013​
    |
    $13.5 Million​
    14.​
    | Emergency Detection System (EDS) Standalone Testing. Boeing shall complete the Initial EDS Testing – Launch Vehicle Stand-alone.|
    October 2013​
    |
    $13.8 Million​
    15.​
    | Certification Plan Review. Boeing shall complete a review of the CCTS Certification Plan which defines our strategy leading to a crewed flight test.|
    November 2013​
    |
    $5.8 Million​
    16.​
    | Avionics Software Integration Lab (ASIL) Multi- String Demonstration Test. Boeing shall demonstrate the [REDACTED] flight software closed loop with GN&C for the flight ascent phase.|
    December 2013​
    |
    $24.9 Million​
    17.​
    | Pilot-in-the-loop Demonstration. Boeing shall demonstrate key hardware/software interfaces for Manual Flight Control meets requirements, including operational scenarios and failure modes.|
    February 2014​
    |
    $13.9 Million​
    18.​
    | Software Critical Design Review. Boeing shall conduct a Spacecraft Software CDR. CDR confirms that the requirements, detailed designs, and plans for test and evaluation form a satisfactory basis for flight software development, verification, and delivery.|
    March 2014​
    |
    $15.1 Million​
    19.​
    | Critical Design Review (CDR) Board. Boeing shall establish and demonstrate a critical baseline design of the CCTS that meets system requirements. CDR confirms that the requirements, detailed designs, and plans for test and evaluation form a satisfactory basis for production and integration.|
    April 2014​
    |
    $17.9 Million​

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    TOTAL:​
    |
    $460 Million​

  • A Closer Look at SpaceX’s CCiCAP Milestones

    SpaceX Milestones
    August 2012 – April 2014

    No.​
    |
    Description​
    |
    Date​
    |
    Amount​
    1.​
    | CCiCap Kickoff Meeting. SpaceX will hold a kickoff meeting at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA, or a nearby facility to review the current state of existing hardware, processes and designs, describe plans for CCiCap program execution during both the base period and the optional period and lay the groundwork for a successful partnership between NASA and SpaceX.|
    August 2012​
    |
    $60 Million​
    2.​
    | Financial and Business Review. SpaceX will hold a financial and business review to accomplish verification of financial ability to meet NASA’s stated goals for the CCiCap program by providing NASA insight into SpaceX finances.|
    August 2012​
    |
    $20 Million​
    3.​
    | Integrated System Requirements Review (ISRR). SpaceX will hold an integrated System Requirements Review (ISRR) to examine the functional and performance requirements defined for the entire CTS for the Commercial Crew Program design reference mission per section 3.1 of CCT-DRM-1110, as well as to evaluate the interpretation and applicability of each requirement.|
    October 2012​
    |
    $50 Million​
    4.​
    | Ground Systems and Ascent Preliminary Design Review (PDR). SpaceX will hold a Ground Systems and Ascent Preliminary Design Review (PDR) to demonstrate that the overall CTS preliminary design for ground systems and ascent meets all requirements with acceptable risk and within schedule constraints and that it establishes the basis for proceeding with detailed design.|
    December 2012​
    |
    $35 Million​
    5.​
    | Pad Abort Test Review. SpaceX will hold a Pad Abort Test Review to demonstrate the maturity of the pad abort test article design and test concept of operations.|
    March 2013​
    |
    $20 Million​
    6.​
    | Human Certification Plan Review. SpaceX will hold a Human Certification Plan Review to present the Human Certification Plan. This Human Certification Plan Review will cover plans for certification of the design of the spacecraft, launch vehicle, and ground and mission operations systems.|
    May 2013​
    |
    $50 Million​
    7.​
    | On-Orbit and Entry Preliminary Design Review (PDR). SpaceX will hold an On-Orbit and Entry Preliminary Design Review (PDR) to demonstrate that the overall CTS preliminary design for orbit, rendezvous and docking with the ISS, and entry flight regimes meets all requirements with acceptable risk and within schedule constraints and that it establishes the basis for proceeding with detailed design.|
    July 2013​
    |
    $35 Million​
    8.​
    | In-Flight Abort Test Review. SpaceX will hold an In-Flight Abort Test Review to demonstrate the maturity of the in-flight abort test article design and test concept of operations.|
    September 2013​
    |
    $10 Million​
    9.​
    | Safety Review. SpaceX will hold a Safety Review at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA, or a nearby facility to demonstrate that the CTS design is progressing toward meeting the Commercial Crew Program’s safety goals.|
    October 2013​
    |
    $50 Million​
    10.​
    | Flight Review of Upgraded Falcon 9. SpaceX will conduct a review of a launch of the upgraded Falcon 9 launch vehicle demonstrating the operation of enhanced first-stage M1D engines, stage separation systems, enhanced second-stage MVacD engine and mission-critical vehicle telemetry during flight. Demonstration of the upgraded launch vehicle will serve as a risk reduction for the planned inflight abort test.|
    November 2013​
    |
    $0​
    11.​
    | Pad Abort Test. SpaceX will conduct a pad abort test of the Dragon spacecraft. The scenario where an abort is initiated while the CTS is still on the pad is a design driver for the launch abort system as it dictates the total impulse and also requires parachute deployment in close proximity to the ground.|
    December 2013​
    |
    $30 Million​
    12.​
    | Dragon Primary Structure Qualification. SpaceX will conduct static structural testing of all Dragon primary structure components to ultimate load factors, as applicable. This series of tests will validate the Dragon structure’s ability to maintain integrity during all driving load cases as well as verify the accuracy of math models used to analyze the Dragon structure. Individual tests will be designed to exercise all credible failure modes and minimum margin areas.|
    January 2014​
    |
    $30 Million​
    13.​
    | Integrated Critical Design Review (CDR). SpaceX will hold an Integrated Critical Design Review (CDR) to demonstrate that the maturity of the CTS design is appropriate to support proceeding with full-scale fabrication, assembly, integration and test.|
    March 2014​
    |
    $30 Million​
    14.​
    | In-Flight Abort Test. SpaceX will conduct an in-flight abort test of the Dragon spacecraft. The in-flight abort test will supplement the pad abort test and complete the corners-of-the-box stress cases. The in-flight abort scenario represents a Dragon abort while under propulsive flight of the launch vehicle during the worst-case dynamic loads on the CTS.|
    April 2014​
    |
    $30 Million​

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    TOTAL:​
    |
    $440 Million​

  • A Closer Look at Sierra Nevada’s CCiCAP Milestones

    Sierra Nevada Base Milestones
    No.​
    |
    Description​
    |
    Date​
    |
    Amount​
    1.​
    | Program Implementation Plan Review. This is an initial meeting to describe the plan for implementing the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability Program, to include management planning for achieving CDR; Design, Development, Testing, and Evaluation activities; risk management to include mitigation plans, and certification activities planned during the CCiCap Base Period.|
    August 2012​
    |
    $30 Million​
    2.​
    | Integrated System Baseline Review. The Integrated System Baseline Review (ISBR) demonstrates the maturity of the baseline CTS integrated vehicle and operations design of the Dream Chaser Space System (DCSS) consisting of Dream Chaser spacecraft, Atlas launch vehicle, Mission Systems, and Ground Systems supports proceeding with the detailed CTS design.|
    October 2012​
    |
    $45 Million​
    3.​
    | Integrated System Safety Analysis Review #1. The purpose of the Integrated System Safety Analysis Review #1 is to demonstrate that the systems safety analysis of the Dream Chaser Space System (DCSS) has been advanced to a preliminary maturity level, incorporating changes resulting from the Preliminary Design Review, The DCSS consists of the Dream Chaser spacecraft, launch vehicle, ground systems and mission systems.|
    January 2013​
    |
    $20 Million​
    4.​
    | Engineering Test Article Flight Testing. The purpose of these additional free flight test(s) is to reduce risk due to aerodynamic uncertainties in the subsonic approach and landing phase of flight and to mature the Dream Chaser aerodynamic database. A minimum of one and up to five additional Engineering Test Article free flight test(s) will be completed to characterize the aerodynamics and controllability of the Dream Chaser Orbital Vehicle outer mold line configuration during the subsonic approach and landing phase.|
    April 2013​
    |
    $15 Million​
    5.​
    | SNC Investment Financing #1. This funding represents SNC’s commitment for significant investing financing. SNC to provide program co-investment of [REDACTED].|
    July 2013​
    |
    $12.5 Million​
    6.​
    | Integrated System Safety Analysis Review #2. The purpose of the Integrated System Safety Analysis Review #2 is to demonstrate that the systems safety analysis of the Dream Chaser Space System.|
    October 2013​
    |
    $20 Million​
    7.​
    | Certification Plan Review. The Certification Plan Review defines the top level strategy for certification of the DCSS that meets the objectives for the ISS Design Reference Mission described in CCT-DRM-1110 Rev Basic. SNC shall conduct a review of the verification and validation activities planned for the Dream Chaser Space System (Dream Chaser spacecraft, Atlas launch vehicle, Ground and Mission Systems).|
    November 2013​
    |
    $25 Million​
    8.​
    | Wind Tunnel Testing. The purpose of this testing is to reduce risk on both the DC vehicle and the DC/Atlas stack by maturing the DC and DCiAtias aerodynamic databases, providing improved fidelity in Reynolds number effects and control surface interactions, and will help determine pre-CDR required updates to the OML or control surface geometry if required.|
    February 2014​
    |
    $20 Million​
    9.​
    | Risk Reduction and TRL Advancement Testing. The purpose of these tests is to significantly mature all Dream Chaser systems to or beyond a CDR level.|
    May 2014​
    |
    $17 Million​
    9a.​
    | Main Propulsion and RCS Risk Reduction and TRL Advancement Testing. The purpose of these tests is to significantly mature the Dream Chaser Main Propulsion System and Reaction Control System to or beyond a CDR level. Risk reduction and Technology Readiness Level improvement tests will be completed for these systems.|
    May 2014​
    |
    $8 Million​

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    TOTAL:​
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    $212.5 Million​
 

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NASASpaceflight: Dream Chaser aims to use Space Shuttle’s legacy to its advantage:
The lifting body concept – made famous by the Space Shuttle and now living on with Dream Chaser – will provide NASA with the necessity of diversity, according to Commercial Crew integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative award winner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), who have promoted the advantages of having a reusable, low G-force, runway return vehicle.

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Parabolic Arc: Sierra Nevada Completes First CCiCAP Milestone Worth $30 Million:
Louisville, Colo. – Aug. 23, 2012 – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is pleased to announce that the company’s Dream ChaserSpace System has successfully completed its first milestone as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative. SNC presented NASA with a complete Program Implementation Plan Review, detailing the design, development, system testing, evaluation, risk reduction activities and flight testing of all systems planned for the 21-monthbase and optional agreement period.

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Parabolic Arc: A Closer Look at the CCiCAP Selection Decisions:
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FINAL EVALUATION AFTER DUE DILIGENCE​
COMPANY​
|
SYSTEM​
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TECHNICAL APPROACH​
|{colsp=2}
BUSINESS INFORMATION​
|
AWARD​
| |
Effectiveness​
|
Confidence​
|
Effectiveness​
|
Confidence​
|
Millions​

ATK|Liberty|White (Moderate)|Low|Green (High)| Medium|-0-

Boeing|CST-100/Atlas V| Blue (Very High)|High|White (Moderate)|High|$460

Sierra Nevada Corporation|Dream Chaser/Atlas V|Blue (Very High)|Medium|Blue (Very High)|Medium|$212.5

SpaceX| Dragon/Falcon 9|Blue (Very High)|Medium|Blue (Very High)|High|$440

{colsp=6}
TOTAL:​
|$1,122.5

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