Comments on: NASA aims for early 2014 test of Lockheed Martin Orion spacecraft http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-aims-for-early-2014-test-of-lockheed-martin-orion-spacecraft-30211228/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Mon, 14 May 2012 15:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Joseph Hasselmark http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-aims-for-early-2014-test-of-lockheed-martin-orion-spacecraft-30211228/#comment-177752 Joseph Hasselmark Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:59:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211228#comment-177752 Well, a lot better than the first estimates of not having a new crew capsule before 2017 if I remember correct, also, the first estimates on the dates for the new launcher was beyond 2020, which would be a lot worse than todays schedule of first test flight of the next MCV in 2014 and the newly announced SLS in 2017 or 2018. I like Boeing, they are quite dependable when it comes to space technology, I’d be a lot more nervous if they would be relying on Orbital sciences or SpaceX for their new MCV.

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