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Old May 20th 07, 07:16 PM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history,sci.space.station
Jonathan
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Default ...Lockheed Ruins Eight 123' Coast Guard Cutters!


"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
in

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.



So your statement of fact means what? That we should
expect better work with Orion? Or worse work?
When they can toss a hundred million bucks into
the sea and no one is held accountable, no one
gets fired, why should we expect any different
with this project?

In fact I'm counting on incompetence by Lockheed
to delay Orion until a new administration is in power.
Ya know that old saying, 'you have to hit bottom
before you know there's a problem'. Applies here.

NASA hasn't quite hit bottom yet.
But after a couple more years of wasting money
on a trip to nowhere, Congress will respond as
with the Deepwater program...trash the whole thing
and start over.

An opportunity for a major policy swing is coming soon!


Jonathan

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