Senate Requires VSE Feasibility Assessment

Senate Commerce Committee Approves National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act of 2005

“INTENDED to be proposed by Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. INOUYE, Mrs. HUTCHISON, and Mr. NELSON of Florida): Within 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Science an assessment of the feasibility of NASA’s planning for exploration of the Moon and Mars, giving special consideration to the long-term cost implications of program archi12 tecture and schedules.”