Transition Series: NASA Issues
OCG-89-15TR November 1, 1988Full Report (PDF, 18 pages)
SummaryGAO summarized information relating to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) critical program management issues. GAO noted that NASA management problems causing project delays and increasing costs include: (1) lack of a strategic long-term plan for civil space projects; (2) inconsistent and incomplete project cost reports; (3) lack of a life-cycle cost management process for its space station development program; and (4) failure to launch deep-space scientific missions on time. |
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