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Old May 20th 07, 04:36 PM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history,sci.space.station
Rand Simberg[_1_]
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Default ...Lockheed Ruins Eight 123' Coast Guard Cutters!

On Sun, 20 May 2007 11:24:00 -0400, in a place far, far away,
"Jonathan" made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:



"They stopped after ruining eight boats..."




This is the company that is to rebuild our manned space
program. Was Lockheed the better choice, or were
they just better connected?


Did you even read it?

The Coast Guard has responded to the hammering from lawmakers by
taking oversight of Deepwater from the contractor, Integrated Coast Guard
Systems (ICGS), a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and
Northrop Grumman; canceling the conversions; and making design

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There were only two bidders for Orion--Lockheed Martin and Northrop
Grumman.