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GoogleNaut


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NASA cancels its new space suit contract
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Well, this is definately interesting...NASA has cancelled its $745 million  contract with Oceaneering, Inc for the spacesuits which will be used onboard the CEV and subsequent lunar landings...

http:\\www.space.com/missionlaunches/ap-080815-nasa-new-spacesuit-contract.html

It strikes me as kind of funny: does NASA intend to fly the CEV to space and land people back on the moon without spacesuits--I mean, what would be the point of landing people on the moon if they couldn't atleast walk around and take pictures and samples?

This seems crazy!


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NUKE ROCKY44


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 Unless something foul has been committed which the public would not know until the routine OMB audit comes out. I 'thinks' it's pure political bedbugs that bites the contract process.


Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of Hartford-based United Technologies Inc., Oceaneering and ILC Dover. all these companies are well equipped to do suits, habitats etc. etc. There should be better NASA coordination to include competent contractors to do the jobs that need to happen in space.

see:
 http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=33011&p=3&topicID=19213861

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