National Aerospace Week Launched, Aerospace Industries Association “Ongoing and emerging security threats, aging civil and space infrastructure, fiscal challenges and keeping and creating jobs all present our nation with enormous challenges. This year’s National Aerospace Week, an event established by Congress, will focus on informing the debate over choices our government will make in the coming months. The aerospace and defense industry is the lifeblood of America’s industrial base, employing […]

The Financial Feasibility and a Reliability Based Acquisition Approach for Commercial Crew – Presentation to Administrator Bolden John Skratt, The Aerospace Corporation Summary of Financial Feasibility Given current assumptions – Development + 10 years of operations may cost NASA $10B to $20B for one viable commercial crew provider – Domestic commercial crew launch capability may result in prices per seat 2 to 3 times that of foreign based alternative access […]

Letter From The Aerospace Corporation to Rep. Giffords Regarding The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee “The Aerospace Corporation is pleased to submit responses to questions from the Committee on Science and Technology regarding our support to the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee (the Committee.) Your letter requested responses related to our analyses performed in support of the Committee, and we have answered in that […]