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... to provide sufficient thrust for the Shuttle to attain orbit. Under the modified agreement, ATK Thiokol would produce and refurbish 70 RSRMs and three flight-support motors. The US$429 million ... agreed on in October 1998. The original contract had been the sixth agreement between ATK Thiokol Propulsion and NASA's MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC in Huntsville, Alabama. (NASA, “NASA Extends ...

... that it's absolutely not true. I attended all the meetings and the recommendation was Thiokol, and it was not his recommendation. I mean, he could have changed it and everything ... , it was none of that. It was absolutely not involved. So it wound up with Thiokol and eventually it was built and strapped on the side of the shuttle, and now ... you're the ones that insisted in your previous incarnation to have it made at Thiokol," and lot of inferences that were really not deserved. I don't remember if he ...

... , however, that the NASA cost analysis had contained an overstatement of the cost differential favoring Thiokol 's proposal over Lockheed's and recommended the NASA Administrator determine whether the award should be reconsidered. Dr. Fletcher advised the Comptroller General that the decision to proceed with Thiokol was based on the conclusion that the rationale used for the initial selection remained valid ...

... other news organizations, the Justice Department disclosed documentation showing that the Federal Government and Morton Thiokol paid $7,735,000 in cash and annuities to settle all claims with the families ... . Scobee , Ellison Onizuka , Gregory B. Jarvis, and Sharon Christa McAuliffe . Settlements had been reached among Thiokol and two other families-those of Judith Resnik and Ronald E. McNair -with no Government ...

... begin development work on large solid-fuel rocket motors: Aerojet General Corp., Thiokol Chemical Corp., and Lockheed Propulsion Co. Thiokol and Aerojet would conduct parallel programs leading to demon­stration static firing ... .-diam­eter motor of 3-million-lb. thrust, using two segments in solid­ fuel motor; Thiokol would work toward demonstration static firing of 156-in. diameter motor of one million lb ...

... , 6/7/65, A6; Houston Chron, 6/7/65)'' NASA terminated its contract with the Thiokol Chemical Corp, and its subcontractor, Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., for development of a ... . During a hydrostatic pressure test April 11 of the first rocket case produced under the Thiokol contract, failure had occurred at a pressure considerably below the normal operating firing pressure with ...

... /30/73, 8/31/74; SBD, 11/21/73, 117)'' NASA announced the selection of Thiokol Corp. for negotiation of a $106- million, cost-plus-award-fee contract for design, development ... had held the rank of major. ''(CR, 10/20/73, S20947)'' Thiokol Chemical Corp. changed its corporate name to Thiokol Corp. following approval by a shareholders meeting. ''(Aerospace Facts, 10-12/73 ...

... . asked the General Accounting Office to set aside NASA's 20 Nov. 1973 selection of Thiokol Chemical Corp. for negotiation of a $106-million contract to design and develop the space ... made "improper adjustments" in its bid. Lockheed also maintained Thiokol 's transportation costs from Utah to Florida would be higher and that Thiokol 's proposed design would not meet program objectives without ...

... SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC announced. A previous letter contract issued 26 June 1974 had given Thiokol authority to proceed with the work which included design, development, test, and evaluation of the solid rocket motor. The contracts also called for Thiokol to provide support equipment, tooling and support parts, systems-integration support and special studies, and ...

... cylindrical segment, with a finished weight of about 5060 kg, for delivery to Thiokol in Sept. 1976. Thiokol would load the solid propellants into 4 motor-case segments over 3 m in ...

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