In the wake of losing NASA’s Commercial Crew Program competition, Sierra Nevada laid off about 90 employees who had been working on the Dream Chaser space shuttle, the Denver Post reports.

Space Systems chief Mark Sirangelo said many of those let go had been hired in anticipation of the NASA contract. “We did do a workforce reduction, but it was a relatively minor one compared to what it might have been,” he said. The layoffs represent a 9.4 percent reduction in Space Systems’ Colorado workforce, he said.

NASA awarded the final phase of the Commercial Crew Program last week, with Boeing receiving a $4.2 billion contract and SpaceX receiving $2.6 billion.

Sierra Nevada has a facility in Poway, Calif. A source told Parabolic Arc that employees there were expecting layoffs, but there is no word yet on whether cuts were made there.

Sirangelo said the company would continue the Dream Chaser program. NASA has offered to continue working with Sierra Nevada under an unfunded Space Act Agreement through which the space agency would provide expertise but not funding.

The company still has two milestones to complete under its current Commercial Crew Integrated Capabilities (CCiCAP) agreement with NASA.

Sierra Nevada Remaining CCiCAP Milestones

Award Period: August 2012 – March 2015

Total Milestones: 13

Milestones Completed: 11

Milestones Pending: 2

Total Possible Award: $227.5 Million

Total Awarded to Date: $209.5 Million

Total Award Remaining: $18 Million