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NASA Gives ATK $812.5 Million Contract For Reusable Solid Rocket Motors

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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

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NASA gave ATK Launch Systems [ATK] an $812.5 million contract change to continue delivering reusable solid rocket motors for the space shuttle, NASA said Friday. That means the Brigham City, Utah, company will provide enough solid rocket motors to serve all of the space shuttle launches scheduled until the shuttle fleet is mandated to retire Sept. 30, 2010. After that, the United States won't have a manned vehicle space program for half a decade, until the next-generation U.S. spaceship Orion,…

Congress

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Army

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