SNC wybiera ULA dla Dream ChaseraBY KRZYSZTOF KANAWKA ON 31 SIERPNIA 2019
(...) Czternastego sierpnia 2019 roku firma SNC poinformowała, że wybiera rakiety United Launch Alliance (ULA) do startów Dream Chasera. Wybór został wykonany dla sześciu pierwszych startów tego mini-wahadłowca. Ściśle mowa tutaj o rakiecie Vulcan, nad którą ULA pracuje od kilku lat. Jeśli Vulcan nie będzie dostępny, wówczas Dream Chaser wykona loty za pomocą rakiet Atlas 5. (...)
https://kosmonauta.net/2019/08/snc-wybiera-ula-dla-dream-chasera/Sierra Nevada Corp. selects ULA Vulcan for Dream Chaser missionsby Jeff Foust — August 14, 2019
(...) The company settled on the Vulcan for the full block of at least six CRS2 missions. “This was the choice that I feel is best for this program, that I went to Eren and Fatih [Ozmen] to tell them this was best for this program,” said John Curry, Dream Chaser CRS2 program director at SNC, referring to the president and chief executive, respectively, of SNC.
Eren Ozmen said the company looked at five different launch options, including European and Japanese vehicles — likely the Ariane 6 and H3, respectively — “and also, obviously, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos,” the founders of SpaceX and Blue Origin. “They all have really good capabilities.”
But, she added, “ULA had a pretty significant advantage because we have been working with ULA from day one,” a relationship that dates back to plans under NASA’s commercial crew program to launch a crewed version of the spacecraft on an Atlas 5.
“Not to mention,” she added, “that we had a really good competitive price.” The companies, though, declined to give financial details about the deal, including if SNC received a discount for flying on the second Vulcan launch, which ULA classifies as a “certification” flight of the vehicle. Bruno said pricing information was “obviously proprietary.” (...)
https://spacenews.com/sierra-nevada-corp-selects-ula-vulcan-for-dream-chaser-missions/