On Sun, 20 May 2007 14:40:42 -0400, in a place far, far away,
"Jonathan" made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:


"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
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On Sun, 20 May 2007 11:24:00 -0400, in a place far, far away,
"Jonathan" made the phosphor on my monitor glow

Did you even read it?


Did you? Lockheeds response...

"ICGS and its suppliers are meeting the terms contracted
by the Coast Guard."


Meeting the terms? Ya mean flushing $100 million to sink
eight perfectly good boats was-in-the-contract???

Building eight of these
http://www.uscg.mil/deepwater/gallery/nscgallery.htm
with only a five year lifespan is meeting the terms?

I'm not defending Lockheed Martin (or Northrop Grumman, who is part of
their team for this project). I'm simply pointing out that your
question about whether they were the better selection for Orion is
meaningless, in terms of this article.