NASA Contractor Whistleblowers: Steps Taken to Implement Program but Improvements to Timeliness and Guidance Needed , GAO “From 2008 through June 2017, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) contractor and […]
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Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Webb Space Telescope May Bust Its Budget Cap Yet Again (Updated)
James Webb Space Telescope Integration and Test Challenges Have Delayed Launch and Threaten to Push Costs Over Cap, GAO “Extending the launch window provided the project up to 4 months […]
Posted inCommercialization
GAO: FAA Dropped The Ball On Launch Insurance
GAO: Commercial Space Launch Insurance: FAA Needs to Fully Address Mandated Requirements “The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) report evaluating its maximum probable loss (MPL) methodology did not fully address the […]
Posted inIT/Web
GAO and OIG Agree: NASA CIO Is Underperforming
OIG: NASA Chief Information Officer Is Doing A Crappy Job, earlier post (2017 OIG report) “In the 4 years since issuance of our IT governance report and the 3 years […]
Posted inMilitary Space
GAO Report On Solid Rocket Motor Industrial Base
Solid Rocket Motors: DOD and Industry Are Addressing Challenges to Minimize Supply Concerns, GAO “The consolidation in the SRM industrial base has also been accompanied by a decrease of suppliers […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
NASA Continues to Ignore GAO On SLS And Orion
NASA Human Space Exploration: Integration Approach Presents Challenges to Oversight and Independence, GAO “The approach that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is using to integrate its three human […]
Posted inCommercialization
GAO Looks At Moving FAA CST To DOT
FAA: Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Potentially Moving the Office of Commercial Space Transportation, GAO “Representatives from commercial space launch companies and spaceports GAO interviewed described advantages and disadvantages of moving the […]
Posted inCommercialization
DoD Has Space Management Problems Too
Space Acquisitions: DOD Continues to Face Challenges of Delayed Delivery of Critical Space Capabilities and Fragmented Leadership, GAO “Many major Department of Defense (DOD) space programs GAO reviewed have experienced […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
More Bad SLS Orion News From GAO
GAO Report: NASA: Assessments of Major Projects “Three of the largest projects in this critical stage of development– Exploration Ground Systems, Orion, and the Space Launch System– continue to face […]
Posted inCommercialization
GAO to FAA: Insurance Calculations Need Fixing
Commercial Space Launch Insurance: Weakness in FAA’s Insurance Calculation May Expose the Federal Government to Excess Risk, GAO “Because FAA has not yet addressed the identified weakness in the cost-of- […]