Caught up in 'COTS'

Adam, Brisbane, Queensland — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:57:36 GMT

Hi Alan

Who made NASA the regulator? This is a ridiculous situation, bureaucrats acting like legislators.

Adam

Caught up in 'COTS'

Charlie Gallo — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:34:41 GMT

You know, I wonder - perhaps we should have _A_ winner for COTS - how about 4 or 5 winners.

Go one step further "here is the cargo we need delivered - place a bid" - and issue more than 1 contract

Caught up in 'COTS'

Aaron Oesterle — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:32:19 GMT

Also of concern with COTS is reports that the funding for it has been cut (admitadly this is not a problem unique to COTS) since there have been reports that some of the funding for it may be cut (Clark Lindsey has been providing much of the detail on this) That probably is/will be the biggest concern

Caught up in 'COTS'

Benigno Muñiz Jr. — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:48:13 GMT

Hi Alan,

Thank you for reporting the info about CSI. I'd like to make one small correction. We believe that we were handicapped not by using "non-U.S. technology", but by specifically using Russian technology.

CSI has information that at least 5 out of the 6 COTS finalists are using Canadian, German, and/or Japanese companies to develop their mission-critical Automated Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (ARPO) technology for use at ISS. However, as far as we know, none of the finalists are using the approach CSI chose of leveraging existing Russian ARPO subsystems that are already certified and in routine use at ISS.

Benigno Muñiz Jr.
Chief Technical Officer
Constellation Services International, Inc.