[swozey]

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.

[atlgator]

If NASA is anything like CDC, most awards are reserved for federal employees. Very rare for contractors (firms or individuals) to receive awards.

[Communitivity]

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.