VentureStar turn-around (was If the Ariane-5 had been reusable...)

(Edward Wright) wrote:


Often government agencies will put out RFPs because they are required to,
but they've already decided who they want to give the contract to. (Some
people would say the X-34 rebid falls into that category.) I've seen
winning proposals that weren't even close to being compliant.

Some people think that X-33 falls in this category.

From: h (Rand Simberg)
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:58:09 GMT
Newsgroups:
sci.space.policy
(Edward Wright) wrote:

Often government agencies will put out RFPs because they are required to,
but they've already decided who they want to give the contract to. (Some
people would say the X-34 rebid falls into that category.) I've seen
winning proposals that weren't even close to being compliant.

Some people think that X-33 falls in this category.

I thought the Atlas V did too, but apparently I'm the only one
on the planet who thinks so.

pgf

On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:14:38 GMT, in a place far, far away,
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

From: h (Rand Simberg)
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:58:09 GMT
Newsgroups:
sci.space.policy
(Edward Wright) wrote:

Often government agencies will put out RFPs because they are required to,
but they've already decided who they want to give the contract to. (Some
people would say the X-34 rebid falls into that category.) I've seen
winning proposals that weren't even close to being compliant.

Some people think that X-33 falls in this category.

I thought the Atlas V did too, but apparently I'm the only one
on the planet who thinks so.

Sorry, but this was a mistaken repost from an old thread. Didn't mean
to resurrect it.

VentureStar turn-around (was If the Ariane-5 had been reusable...)
From: h (Rand Simberg)

Sorry, but this was a mistaken repost from an old thread. Didn't mean
to resurrect it.

Yah, the fact that it was discussing launch vehicles should have tipped
me off.

We now return to this newsgroup's regularly scheduled broadcasting:
Destroying the Earth because it interferes with the view of Venus.

pgf