Jim Nicholson worked as the Chief Engineer for the Cygnus Spacecraft at Orbital ATK for COTS. Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems (COTS) was a NASA-industry partnership to develop safe, affordable, reliable space transportation access to Low-Earth Orbit. NASA was the lead investor in the COTS project, much different from traditional government-owned and operated systems. The COTS lessons are applicable to similar capability development projects and may not be suitable for traditional government contracts. Click the following link to view the entire COTS Critical Knowledge home page [ Ссылка ]
