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- Path: sparky!uunet!hela.iti.org!aws
- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: Energiya's role in Space Station assem
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.202921.11955@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <1992Aug13.225903.5705@ke4zv.uucp> <1992Aug14.123208.13141@iti.org> <1992Aug16.135754.19274@ke4zv.uucp>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 20:29:21 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug16.135754.19274@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
-
- >>>Name *one* major military procurement that
- >>>proceeded on a fixed price basis with *no* adjustments.
-
- >>The ATF prototype...
-
- >None of these are *procurement* contracts. They are R&D proposals.
-
- LACE, RME, and the associated launches where procurements. However,
- if you want other examples, I know of several procurements of HARM
- missiles which where delivered at less than the agreed upon price. In
- addition, there is the Endeavour purchase as well as several launch
- service contracts I know of.
-
- >NASA currently can't sign a guarrantee that it will buy a fixed number
- >of anything over a multi-year period because Congress only funds
- >NASA year by year.
-
- Nonsense. NASA has a number of agreements for luanchers which streach over
- several years. The Air Force which faces even harder constitutional limits
- on funding recently bought a ten year supply of Titan missiles.
-
- In addition, we are desling with a station which does need resuply. The
- market IS there if NASA will open it up.
-
- Allen
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