ATK Liberty Launch Vehicle Targets First Crewed Flight in 2015, Commercial Space Watch (With video) “It was 15 months that ATK announced with Astrium (an EADS Company) announced that they […]
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NASA and ATK Announcement
NASA, ATK Announce New Commercial Crew Agreement “NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) managers will announce an agreement that could accelerate the availability of U.S. commercial crew transportation capabilities at 3 […]
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DoD View of Solid Rocket Motor Industry Base
Report to Congress on the Solid Rocket Motor Industrial Base Sustainment and Implementation Plan Redacted Version (Excerpt), DoD “Based on the analysis and findings of the Interagency Task Force, the […]
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SLS Decision Soon?
NASA Will Compete Space Launch System Boosters, Aviation Week “NASA has selected a shuttle-derived vehicle with two existing liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen stages as its reference design for the heavy-lift Space Launch System […]
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Repainted Ares 1 For Sale as "Liberty"
Canceled NASA rocket resurfaces in private bid for tax dollars, Orlando Sentinel “It’s like the Dukes of Hazzard. They paint up an old car to make it look faster, but […]
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CCDev Awards Are Getting Closer
NASA Picks At Least Seven To Discuss Commercial Crew Proposals, Space News “As it awaits congressional action on its 2011 budget, NASA is proceeding with plans to award roughly $200 […]
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ATK (Apparently) Does Not Need NASA Money For Liberty [Update]
ATK moving forward with Liberty rocket, Salt Lake Tribune “Regardless of whether the government agrees to help fund Alliant Techsystems’ rocket that would take astronauts to the International Space Station, […]
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ATK Was Against Commercial Crew – Before It Was For it.
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 […]
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Nickname for Liberty
Keith’s note: Ares 1 was nicknamed the “Stick”. I guess we need a new nickname for Liberty. That slick first stage paint scheme (much better than Ares 1-X white or […]
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ATK Wants To Sell NASA a Recycled Ares 1
ATK and Astrium Unveil the Liberty(TM) Launch Vehicle Initiative for NASA’s CCDev-2 Competition “ATK and Astrium (an EADS Company) are working together in response to NASA’s Commercial Crew Development-2 (CCDev-2) […]