Orbital's

If the Planetspace proposal was superior to Orbital's and they offered their services at a lower cost, then they should have been selected.

COTS Wars? - NASA Watch 2009

A NASA source selection panel ranked Orbital's overall proposal and its projected costs less favorably than bids submitted by the PlanetSpace team and a third bidder, Space Exploration Technologies Inc, according to one person familiar with the details.

COTS Wars? - NASA Watch 2009

A lot of aerospace projects ARE canned, and COTS competitor Orbital's own pegasus is a fine example.

Mike Griffin's Closing Statement - NASA Watch 2009

Orbital's vehicle would launch atop an expendable rocket and return to Earth with a conventional runway landing like that of the shuttle.

Jeff Reeves: Three Private Companies Building Space Shuttle Replacements Jeff Reeves 2011

A NASA source selection panel ranked Orbital's overall proposal and its projected costs less favorably than bids submitted by the PlanetSpace team and a third bidder, Space Exploration Technologies Inc, according to one person familiar with the details.

NASA Watch: January 2009 Archives 2009

In a smaller program such as SpaceX's Dragon/F9, or Orbital's COTS program, this amount of money may very get them that last mile.

A Big First Step for COTS-D Today - NASA Watch 2009

I do find it ironic that Gerstenmaier believes Orbital's program management which gave us Dawn, ($73M overbudget or ~20%), and OCO ($33M overbudget or ~20%) is the better choice to deliver on a $1. 9B program.

COTS Wars? - NASA Watch 2009

Orbital's vehicle would launch atop an expendable rocket and return to Earth with a conventional runway landing like that of the shuttle.

Jeff Reeves: Three Private Companies Building Space Shuttle Replacements Jeff Reeves 2011

It pays very loving homage to Orbital's "Impact (The Earth is Burning)" and of all Kele's incursions into dance music – abetted on disc by Spank Rock's producer, XXXChange – it is the most triumphant.

Kele Okereke at Digital, Brighton 2010

But Alliant could provide at least one stage of a rocket for Orbital's entry into the competition to ferry astronauts to the international space station.

Alliant, Lockheed Ally Amid Aerospace Shift Andy Pasztor 2010