Space transportation : challenges facing NASA's space launch initiative : report to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, House of Representatives.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. General Accounting Office

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

United States.

Launch vehicles (Astronautics)--United States.

Launch vehicles (Astronautics).

Reusable space vehicles--United States.

Reusable space vehicles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Challenges facing NASA's space launch initiative

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. General Accounting Office, [2002]

Summary:

In 2001, NASA began the space launch initiative to develop a new generation of space transportation vehicles. Before requirements for a second-generation reusable launch vehicle can be defined, NASA must complete reassessing its overall space transportation plans and the future of the international space station, as well as decide how the Department of Defense will participate in development. Until requirements are finalized, NASA cannot implement management controls necessary to predict program costs and minimize risks with the initial $4.8 billion investment.

Notes:

Title from title page (viewed Feb. 6, 2003).

"September 2002."

Paper version available from: General Accounting Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

"GAO-02-1020."

Other Format:

United States. General Accounting Office. Space transportation : challenges facing NASA's space launch initiative

OCLC:

51585886