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Court Allows NASA To Proceed With Commercial Crew Contract Performance

Monday, October 27th, 2014

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A federal judge ruled Oct. 21 that NASA may proceed with the performance of its Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract awards to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Boeing [BA] while a government watchdog considers a bid protest by Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC). U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Marian Blank Horn’s verbal decision, confirmed by NASA spokeswoman Stephanie Martin, is a setback for SNC, which wanted work stopped while its bid protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO)…

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