Constellation's Demise Will Cost Ares-1 Builder ATK $650 Million in Backlog

摘要

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK), which has perhaps more to lose in NASA's proposed redirection than any other company, on Feb. 4 said it is counting on stiff congressional opposition to help limit the damage from U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to cancel the Ares rocket.rnIn a conference call with investors, ATK Chief Financial Officer John Shroyer spelled out how much Ares' cancellation would cost ATK - some $650 million would be removed from the company's backlog - and said Ares and the rest of the Constellation program can only be terminated with congressional approval.