Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington
Candrea Thomas
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Chris Chavez
United Launch Alliance
DENVER -- NASA and United Launch Alliance (ULA) managers will hold a news conference on Monday, July 18, at ULA headquarters in Centennial, Colo., to announce a new Commercial Crew Development agreement.
The news conference will begin at 11 a.m. MDT in the first floor conference center.
To participate, journalists must RSVP to ULA's Chris Chavez at chris.s.chavez@ulalaunch.com by 9 a.m. MDT on Monday. Reporters also may participate by calling 800-951-1214. Media representatives must call by 11:15 a.m. to join the news conference.
The briefing participants are:
-- Ed Mango, NASA Commercial Crew Development program manager
-- Dan Collins, chief operating officer, ULA
-- Dr. George Sowers, vice president, ULA business development
For information about United Launch Alliance, visit http://www.ulalaunch.com.
For information on NASA's Commercial Crew Development Program, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/commercial/.
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On July 20, 2011 United Launch Alliance announced they will be laying off up to 140 people from the launch team. The current launch team for 6 launch pads is about 440 people, so the layoff will be up to 30% of the launch crew. Lets hope that if ULA launches commercial crew they will retain enough experienced people to be safe.
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