Rusty Barton
July 12th 03, 04:50 AM
NASA Pulls Boston University Contract
Space Agency Pulls $89 Million Contract With BU, Says School Can't
Meet Promises
The Associated Press
BOSTON July 11 —
Boston University has lost an $89 million contract with NASA to build
a special satellite after the space agency concluded the school could
not deliver what it had promised.
"It's probably unprecedented," Tim Gehringer, NASA's mission manager
for the project, told The Boston Globe. "The bottom line is that (BU's
satellite) couldn't do the science it promised to do."
Remainder of article at the following URL:
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030711_2098.html
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Rusty Barton - Antelope, California
Space Agency Pulls $89 Million Contract With BU, Says School Can't
Meet Promises
The Associated Press
BOSTON July 11 —
Boston University has lost an $89 million contract with NASA to build
a special satellite after the space agency concluded the school could
not deliver what it had promised.
"It's probably unprecedented," Tim Gehringer, NASA's mission manager
for the project, told The Boston Globe. "The bottom line is that (BU's
satellite) couldn't do the science it promised to do."
Remainder of article at the following URL:
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030711_2098.html
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Rusty Barton - Antelope, California