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by swozey 1316 days ago
Very well deserved. I thought the Snoopy award was the top award but apparently not. My grandfather is in the NASA hall of fame for the Apollo mission and was awarded a Snoopy. He was also part of Challenger but that's another story.
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If NASA is anything like CDC, most awards are reserved for federal employees. Very rare for contractors (firms or individuals) to receive awards.
It's next to impossible in many agencies and departments. The reason given is that they are not allowed to show favoritism or clear support/preference to one given contracting company, and they say an award to a contractor would do that.