Keith’s note: According to a NASA OIG report NASAâs Management of Risks to Sustaining ISS Operations through 2030: “After more than a decade of effort, NASA and its partners continue […]
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NASA OIG Report On NASA’s Rocket Propulsion Test Program
Keith’s note: according to the NASA OIG: “Much of NASAâs RPT infrastructure is aging and requires significant funding to maintain. Meanwhile, the landscape for RPT is changing. Increased commercialization in […]
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NASA OIG: Boeing Is Having Big Problems With SLS Block 1B
NASAâs Management of Space Launch System Block 1B Development, NASA OIG: “Quality control issues at Michoud are largely due to the lack of a sufficient number of trained and experienced […]
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NASA OIG Report On Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Keith’s note: From NASA OIG: “We assessed the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope project, a NASA observatory designed to explore dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics, to determine if NASA […]
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OIG: NASA’s Readiness for the Artemis II Crewed Mission to Lunar Orbit
“As a test flight, Artemis I was used to examine how the integrated SLS and Orion and associated systems performed in their intended environment, allowing the Agency to confidently mitigate […]
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OIG: NASA’s High-End Computing Is Disjointed, Oversubscribed, and Overburdened
Keith’s note: According to the NASA OIG Report Audit of NASAâs High-End Computing Capabilities: Despite a history of innovation in HEC, NASA needs a renewed commitment and sustained leadership attention […]
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NASA Finally Kills OSAM-1 Long After It Needed To Be Halted
Keith’s note: According to a late Friday blog post NASA said that it “has decided to discontinue the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) project due to continued technical, […]
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OIG Review of NASA STMD Portfolio
“In 2020, STMD began the Strategic Technology Architecture Roundtable (STAR) initiative to prioritize technology gaps within the Directorateâs portfolio. This process uses information from stakeholders to identify priority technology gaps […]
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OIG Report on Bungled NASA Conference Spending
Audit of Selected NASA Conferences in Fiscal Years 2011-2012, NASA OIG “NASA May Have Augmented its Appropriations at the 2011 IT Summit. Donations of goods and services by outside entities […]
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OIG Questions Whether NASA Accepted too much Financial Risk with Orbital Contract
Final Report – IG-13-016 – NASA’s Management of Commercial Orbital Transportation Services and ISS Commercial Resupply Contracts, NASA OIG “The OIG review found that despite an almost 3-year delay in […]