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Space Shuttle: The Future of the Vandenberg Launch Site Needs to Be Determined

NSIAD-88-158 Published: Aug 03, 1988. Publicly Released: Aug 03, 1988.
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GAO examined the Air Force's deactivation efforts for the space shuttle's Vandenberg Launch Site (VLS) and its plans for maintaining and reactivating the site.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should direct the Air Force to develop a cost-effective reactivation schedule if VLS is to be preserved for shuttle use.
Closed – Not Implemented
Action is contingent on an unlikely event, the preservation of VLS for shuttle use, which, if it were to occur, would not be decided in the near term.

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