NASA OIG: NASA’s Management Of The Mobile Launcher 2 Contract “The ML-2’s substantial cost increases and schedule delays can be attributed primarily to Bechtel’s poor performance on the contract, with more than 70 percent ($421.1 million) of the contract’s cost increases and over 1.5 years of delays related to its performance. For example, Bechtel underestimated the ML-2 project’s scope and complexity, experienced ML-2 weight management challenges, and experienced staffing turnover […]

NASA: Cabana played role in illegal hires at KSC, Florida Today “Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and other senior leaders were more involved than previously disclosed in illegal spaceport hires that may still be subject to federal investigation, according to records FLORIDA TODAY obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Auditors found the hires of three administrative assistants supporting Cabana and two other high-ranking officials on the fourth floor […]

– Sen. Rockefeller (statement) Witness Panel 1 – Charles Bolden(statement) Witness Panel 2 – KSC Center Director Robert D. Cabana – JSC Center Director Michael L. Coats – MSFC Center Director Robert M. Lightfoot

Space Center future will be bright – eventually, its director says, Orlando Sentinel “I see a great future for KSC,” center director Robert Cabana told several hundred community boosters, elected officials, union members and industry executives gathered at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for the annual “Community Leaders Briefing.” But short-term challenges – including mass layoffs – are looming, he added. Unlike previous briefings, this year’s gathering resembled a […]