Space Transportation: Critical Areas NASA Needs to Address in Managing Its Reusable Launch Vehicle Program
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Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) X-33 and X-34 reusable launch vehicle programs. The two programs experienced difficulties achieving their goals primarily because NASA did not develop realistic cost estimates, timely acquisition and risk management plans, and adequate and realistic performance goals. In particular, neither program fully (1) assessed the costs associ…
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Date:
June 20, 2001
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
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