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Commercialization

ATK Was Against Commercial Crew – Before It Was For it.

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
February 8, 2011
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ATK pitching Liberty rocket program to NASA; could mean hundreds of Utah jobs, Deseret News
“The Liberty rocket would be crowned with a space-plane or capsule that astronauts would ride into space. “There are about a half a dozen companies out there with capsule designs or small space-planes,” Rominger said. “We can lift all of them.” … We at ATK are going to sell them a service,” Rominger said. “We own the vehicle, NASA does not. They’re merely buying the service from us. They’re not buying the vehicle.”
Charlie Precourt: ATK’s astronaut fights Obama space plan, Orlando Sentinel
ATK’s Charles Precourt in 2010: “Specifically, the budget calls for the outsourcing of all human spaceflight services to an unproven private sector. What this means to our space program is deeply disturbing. … Prior to this budget NASA was investing $4B to stimulate private sector space activities. With this budget proposal, NASA’s own Constellation Program and its promising future will be canceled to underwrite an additional $6B to this undefined private sector activity.”

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