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September 7th, 2023
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The General Accounting Office (GAO) finds that original Space Launch System (SLS) cost baselines, or committed costs, were tied to the launch of Artemis I.
“Without a baseline to track these production costs for upcoming missions, future program costs are less transparent and harder for NASA and Congress to monitor,” the GAO report explains. “NASA should act on our prior recommendations to improve transparency and monitoring of this program.”
For full report, go to: https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-23-105609.pdf
For a GAO Podcast – “As NASA Plans Its Return to the Moon, Greater Visibility Into Spending Could Help Address Cost Concern” – go to:
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