Dream Chaser shuttle. (Credit: NASA)
U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Marian Blank Horn heard initial arguments on Friday on a motion by Sierra Nevada Corporation to stop Boeing and SpaceX from continuing work on recently awarded NASA commercial crew contracts pending an appeal of the awards.
The judge did not rule on the motion, but set an additional hearing on Tuesday to hear further arguments, according to press reports.
Sierra Nevada has appealed the awards NASA has made to Boeing and SpaceX citing alleged irregularities in the process. NASA’s decisions left Sierra Nevada without additional government funding to complete its Dream Chaser shuttle.
NASA initially ordered Boeing and SpaceX to stop work under the contracts, but the space agency later reversed its decision. Sierra Nevada is seeking to reinstate the stop work order.
The Government Accountability Office has until early January to rule on Sierra Nevada’s protest of NASA’s commercial crew awards.
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