[net.space] Shuttle Contract?

knudsen@ihnss.UUCP (03/15/84)

I heard a rumor that Rockwell had lost the space shuttle contract.
Can anyone answer these questions:
1) Any truth in the rumor?
2) What has Rockwell really lost, since the orbiters are all built?
Maintenance and turnaround?
3) What is the loss worth, ie, is it "major"?
4) Who is the lucky outfit that picked up the pieces
(the rest of the contract)?

al@ames-lm.UUCP (03/20/84)

Rockwell lost the shuttle OPERATIONAL contract, i.e., launch, recovery,
and processing.  Lockheed won.