Selection of Lockheed Martin Starts Shuttle Replacement Clock

Credit: NASA/JOHN FRASSANITO AND ASSOCIATES CONCEPTS
NASA's selection of Lockheed Martin to build the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle kicks off an intense race to fly a CEV as soon as possible after the last space shuttle mission in 2010--without repeating the schedule-driven mistakes that caused previous fatal spaceflight accidents. Under...

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