10 February 2016
Spaceflight Awarded First GSA Schedule Contract for Satellite Launch Services
... to federal agencies at a pre-negotiated fixed rate, enabling them to quickly and easily secure small satellite launch contracts. Not only that, but in a manner akin to buying groceries via the internet, a process once thought to be innovative...
03 May 2021
NASA tells SpaceX to halt HLS development after protest by rivals
...Dynetics. Last year, NASA awarded almost $1 billion in contracts to three private US space companies to design and ... explains why NASA chose to change its strategy in awarding the contract says Dynetics. “…the Option A award decision appears to be ...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... products and that relaxes standards of reliability. It may also introduce new forms of fixed price contracts as opposed to traditional cost plus contracts. These proposals are expected to provide incentives for non-space industry to enter the space...
July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
... to space but currently doesn’t have it. What we’ve been looking at is how we can provide that internationally. Dream Chaser is contracted to NASA for resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Do you think big pharma, maybe, has...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... occurs, a claim is made on the policy and an amount of money is paid to the policy holder. As with any insurance contract, the guiding principle is that such a payment should not place the claimant in a financially improved situation compared...
16 October 2015
Hitchhikers no more: NASA picks 3 firms to launch cubesats
... mature enough to use in these new ways.” The individual contracts are valued at $4.7 million for Virgin Galactic, $5.5 million ... $6.9 million for Rocket Lab USA. Virgin and Firefly’s contracts are discounted due to NASA’s status as an early customer...
