Cool... lets see how they do in the next round of CCDev (or whatever they're calling it now) proposals...

Looks like Congress is doing all they can to muck that up... there's no need for a downselect now... compete the thing out and see who wins for pities sake... having a backup plan ready to go would be a pleasant thing to have that the US space program has NEVER enjoyed... Multiple providers means that if one company or another's vehicle runs into problems, or they want to upgrade, there's always a fallback provider...

What's so difficult to understand about that and why can't Congress "get it"?? It's rediculous... I don't understand NASA and the politicians most of the time... "oh, we want a permanent human presence in space... but nevermind the fact that we cannot even launch our own astronauts into orbit... "

Later! OL JR

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