NASA said today that it has awarded a 90-day study contract to four companies, including Lockheed Martin’s Jefferson County-based Space Systems Co.
The four companies will separately examine long-term ground processing and infrastructure planning for the agency’s Constellation Program.
The other groups that received the contract, worth $150,000 each, are ATK Launch Systems Group in Corrine, Utah; Boeing Space Operations Co. in Titusville, Fla.; and United Space Alliance in Houston.
“NASA’s intent is to include industry in our planning phase to get a
broad perspective of ground operations, especially for the
long-term,” said Pepper Phillips, deputy director of the
Constellation Project Office at Kennedy, in a statement.
“These four companies will
provide several possible solutions to the same challenges, which we
expect to benefit our planning. Selecting ground processing and
launch concepts are long-term commitments and we want to consider all
options,” Pepper said.
